Boost your (digital) meeting skills

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Boost your (digital) meeting skills

Target Audience:
All VIB staff
Location:

Online lecture

General context

There is nothing wrong with meetings per se. Where people work together, there is always a lot of discussion. One cannot avoid that. Yet it is strange that in almost every organization many hours are spent every day talking, while one rarely thinks about the effectiveness of all that talking ...

Why is it that in almost every meeting some of the participants count for nothing? What is the danger of 'coming just in time' and what can you do about it? Why does creative brainstorming hardly ever deliver the expected result, and what are the alternative strategies? Why are participants not prepared sufficiently and how do you solve this once and for all? And how big would the gain be if conversations no longer derail and people never stray from the subject...?

The past 1.5 year, online meetings and presentations became the new normal, but digital meetings have their own practical laws. It is essential to connect with your audience, but how do you do that if you are only connected via cable or WiFi? Non-verbal elements help to convince others, but what’s left of body language if the other party is looking at you on a 13″ screen? How do you extend the attention span of participants who are constantly enticed by distractions on their screens and the world around them?

The problems are often obvious. Yet few companies manage to really adjust the prevailing meeting culture.

During this inspiring seminar, Gunnar explains how to recognize unnecessary meetings and how to make necessary meetings more effective in the future. You’ll learn how to maximise the effect of your digital meetings and how to increase your personal impact on the participants.

Using recognizable, often funny examples, Gunnar provides a refreshing insight into your current way of working. From there, he provides simple but useful meeting rules that make all your meetings more effective.

Learning outcomes

Boost Your (Digital) Meeting Skills learns how to steer (online) meetings, how you can influence people, and how to make and give exciting (virtual) presentations.

Approach

Inspiration is a central factor in Gunnar’s seminars. People should not just learn new behaviours; they should feel motivated to change their behaviour. No complicated, theoretical models – just some concrete, practical tips & tricks that you can apply tomorrow.

Event intended for

Everyone in VIB interested to walk the path to a brand new and a refreshing (digital) meeting culture.

Extra information
  • This course is free for VIB participants
  • This course is not open for other participants.
  • Note that upon no show without valid justification you will be blacklisted for the VIB training program for 1 year. Click here for more information.

Trainers

Gunnar Michielssen
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Gunnar Michielssen

Gunnar Michielssen:

  • Can’t stop talking about communication
  • Studied Law (KUL) and Business Economics (UCL)
  • Gives humorous two-way seminars with interaction 
  • Provides communication training in Dutch, English and French
  • Afkicken van E-mail | Master your E-mail | Désintoxe ton Inbox | Slimmer en minder vergaderen | The Meeting Watchers

https://gunnarmichielssen.be/en/home-eng/

Program

Before the meeting: this way you avoid the most important pitfalls, such as

a. lack of focus

b. overcrowding

c. start too late

d. unnecessary meetings

e. and poor preparation among the participants…

 

During the meeting: tips & tricks to increase your impact

a. How do you connect with the participants?

b. Nudging: influencing techniques for the screen.

 

After the meeting: simple strategies for a lasting result

a. This way you always finish on time

b. End with the beginning

c. Work with a “living report” in Teams, OneNote…