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URL:https://siliconbrighton.com/events/better-meetings/
SUMMARY:Better Meetings
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nPractical tools to help you contribute with confidence\, 
 facilitate better conversations\, and make meetings more productive.\n\n\n
 \n\n\n\nMost of us spend hundreds of hours in meetings every year - but al
 most nobody is ever taught how to make them work well.\n\nDo your meetings
  ever feel like this?\n\n 	The same few people do most of the talking.\n 	
 Conversations drift without reaching a clear outcome.\n 	You leave wonderi
 ng why the meeting happened at all.\n 	You have ideas but don't always fin
 d the right moment to contribute.\n 	Running a meeting feels harder than i
 t should.\n\nIf any of that sounds familiar\, you're not alone.\n\nMost of
  us spend hours every week in meetings\, yet very few people are ever taug
 ht how to make them work well.\n\nBetter Meetings is a practical\, highly 
 participatory workshop designed to help you become more confident and effe
 ctive in the meetings you're already part of.\n\nWhether you occasionally 
 lead meetings or simply want to have more influence within them\, you'll l
 eave with practical tools you can start using immediately.\nYou'll learn h
 ow to\n✔ Design meetings with a clear purpose and outcome\n\n✔ Contrib
 ute confidently without dominating\n\n✔ Encourage quieter voices into th
 e conversation\n\n✔ Keep discussions focused and moving\n\n✔ Handle co
 mmon meeting dynamics with more confidence\n\n✔ Leave meetings with clea
 rer decisions and actions\n\nRather than relying on personality or seniori
 ty\, you'll discover practical facilitation tools that help meetings becom
 e more collaborative\, engaging and effective.\nThis workshop is for you i
 f…\n\n 	You're part of a team that spends a lot of time in meetings.\n 	
 You occasionally chair or facilitate meetings.\n 	You'd like to contribute
  more confidently.\n 	You want meetings to be less frustrating and more pr
 oductive.\n 	You work remotely\, in-person or in a hybrid team.\n\nThis wo
 rkshop isn't about becoming a professional facilitator or meeting chair.\n
 \nIt's about developing practical skills that make everyday meetings bette
 r - for you and everyone around you.\nWhat to expect\nThis is an interacti
 ve session.\n\nWe'll mix discussion\, practical exercises\, reflection and
  small-group activities. We'll also introduce a simple Better Meetings tem
 plate that you can take away and start using immediately.\n\nNo lectures.\
 n\nNo death by PowerPoint.\n\nJust practical ideas\, useful conversations 
 and tools you'll actually use.\nWhat people say\n“Practical\, well-struc
 tured and immediately applicable… the learning has translated into actio
 n\, and we are already seeing the benefits through more effective\, purpo
 seful and better-run meetings across the business”\n\nAlan Paget\, CEO\
 , Integrated Skills Ltd\n\n“I am really excited to step into my meetings
  next week having just attended your session.”\n\nSophie\, Head of Facil
 itation &amp\; Client Services\nMeet your facilitators\nDan Simpson and Ni
 gel Berman are experienced facilitators who have worked with hundreds of l
 eaders and teams across tech\, the public sector\, and purpose-driven orga
 nisations. Warm\, grounded and engaging\, they combine practical tools wit
 h a person-centered approach that helps teams learn by doing.\nLeave with\
 n\n 	A practical framework for planning and participating in meetings\n 	A
  Better Meetings template to take away\n 	Greater confidence speaking up a
 nd facilitating discussions\n 	Practical techniques you can use immediatel
 y\n 	Fresh perspectives from other participants\n\n\n
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LOCATION:PLATF9RM Brighton\, Tower Point\, 44 North Road\, Brighton\, BN1 1
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