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A professionally facilitated meeting will produce results in a very short time. When time is of the essence, and a good result is essential, consider retaining a professional meeting facilitator.
Meeting Culture
It is difficult for your organization to be any better than its meeting culture. Poor meetings result in a culture that lacks accountability and tolerates under performance. Good meetings promote a culture of accountability and teamwork, where excellence and performance are celebrated. Almost every living person has to attend meetings at least once a month. Considering the prevalence and importance of meetings in our lives, it is incredible that most people have had no training in how to conduct (or participate) in meetings in a professional manner. This is why most meetings are dysfunctional, and many are really bad.
Critical Meetings
Some meetings are exceptionally critical, where failure is not an option. Professional facilitation assures a result from critical meetings, such as Strategic Planning meetings.
Facilitation
SMI provides facilitation for your most critical meetings. The strategic planning meeting is critical to charting the course for the future of your organization. SMI offers the Strategic Plan in One Day as a service. This is an ideal way to jump-start your strategic planning process if:
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You have never formally developed a strategy
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It has been a long time since you have developed a strategy
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Last year's strategic plan is sitting on the shelf unused and gathering dust.
Find out more about the Strategic Plan in One Day by downloading the paper presented at the 2007 Conference of the Association for Strategic Planning. ASP 2007 - PATTANTYUS - Paper - Final
Learn How to Improve Your Meetings
SMI has published the 24 page booklet entitled: How to Avoid Groundhog Day by Improving Your Meeting Skills. Cleverly illustrated, the booklet is entertaining, while conveying the essential principles of successful meetings. This booklet is available in bulk at a cost as low as $2.00 per copy.
Training and Tools
SMI can provide your organization with the training and tools that you need to run effective meetings and assure accountability. Training available from SMI ranges from one-hour seminars to a multi-facet training program custom tailored to the needs of your organization. |
