Chairing and moderating meetings and conferences

One day in-company training course

This highly practical session provides senior staff with the skills and knowledge to perform their tasks successfully to raise their profile as an industry expert. Aimed at senior staff who are being asked to chair and moderate conferences, discussion panels, and breakfast meetings.

Outline
Tailored to your needs

Chairing and moderating: working the square

Subject: Contributors want to talk about their subjects; audiences want to hear; and you have to guide the discussion
People: Each participant in a panel or conference has their own approach; and their own agenda
Time: Different parts of the subject and different people need to be given the time available within the overall timetable
Audience: If there is an audience, you are acting for it: your authority comes from the audience and you have to balance the square for them

The skills and knowledge for chairing/moderating
The group will brainstorm the skills and knowledge necessary to be a successful chair/moderator using the classic brainstorm technique.
We will then consolidate the lists into the key points.

Individual delegates will then assess themselves against this list and see where they need to focus to fill the gaps they have.

10 top tips for chairing and moderating

Doing it: Running the moderated group
Each delegate will prepare their notes for chairing/moderating a group discussion on a subject.
The other delegates will play the roles of the group members. The chair/moderator must include all of the members of the group in the discussion and work through the key subjects within the timetable set.

Each panel will be discussed after it is held to draw out the key learning points for that chair/moderator and for the rest of the group.

What have we learned?
Each delegate will identify the key learning points of the day and what they shall do about them.

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