Better Virtual Meetings: How to Lead Effective Meetings (Udemy.com)

**This is a short course (approx 45 minutes) that gives you everything you need to know about how to lead effective meetings with your virtual team without wasting time on useless discussions**

**Over 60,000+ managers have taken this course with successful results**

Learn simple concepts that help you improve your meeting facilitation and communication skills, and become a better team leader through easy meeting tactics.

Note: The subject of meetings can be really boring, and you've probably heard most of the common-sense advice about meetings before, so there's nothing earth-shattering about the material in this course. However, if you follow all the lectures to the letter, then this will be the only course you're ever going to need about managing your virtual teams effectively, guaranteed.

Master Simple Tips That You Can Implement Straightaway

• The one question to ask yourself before scheduling a meeting

• How to draft an effective agenda (and include a simple phrase to save you time)

• When to schedule meetings to minimize the number of interruptions (batching techniques)

• How to take helpful meeting minutes (note-taking strategies that save you time)

• How to schedule meetings for team members in different time zones

Resolve the Two Main Issues with Meetings

There are two main problems with meetings. First, there's a quantity problem (too many meetings), and second, there's a quality problem (too many bad meetings).

After taking this course, you'll learn how to address both those problems. You will learn how to have fewer meetings, how to have better meetings, and how to get the most out of your meetings to get things done. You'll benefit by saving your team and yourself some time, and you'll end up with more successful meetings.

Content and Overview

The course contains over 15 lectures and 45 minutes of content. It is designed for any employee or entrepreneur who frequently leads online meetings with their team members.

The content includes three main sections (before your meeting, during your meeting, and after your meeting), and each section includes simple steps that you can follow. There are also a couple of additional sections about general meeting guidelines and how to find a common meeting time that works for your remote team members who live in different time zones (using a free online tool).

The course is delivered in a format that is easily digestible for busy professionals (each video lecture is around 2 to 5 minutes long).

The course also includes two free downloadable templates (included in the materials):

• A Free Meeting Minutes Template (in MS Word format) to help you with your minute taking

• A Free Meeting Agenda Template (in MS Word format) to help save you time creating an agenda

Here's are the steps that are covered in the course:

BEFORE Your Meeting

• Step 1: Decide on a Need and Objective

• Step 2: Determine the Attendees and Draft an Agenda

• Step 3: Define the Logistics and Schedule the Meeting

DURING Your Meeting

• Step 1: Welcome and Logistics Check

• Step 2: Go through the Agenda

• Step 3: Capture Effective Meeting Minutes

• Step 4: Close with a Review

AFTER Your Meeting

• Step 1: Distribute Meeting Minutes

• Step 2: Follow up on Actions

Meeting Best Practices

• Meeting Scheduling Guidelines: How to effectively schedule your meetings (particularly your recurring meetings) to improve team productivity

• Coordinating Global Time Zones: How to schedule meetings for team members living in different time zones (using a free online tool)

By the end of this course, you'll be armed with a comprehensive end-to-end process that you can implement right away with your virtual team.

There are no requirements necessary to enroll in the course, and you can learn the material at your own pace.

Note: This course is technology-agnostic. This means that it doesn't matter if you use Zoom, Webex, GoToMeeting, Skype, Adobe Connect, Google Hangouts, BlueJeans, or any other collaboration tool. The concepts focus more on process and communication best practices as opposed to technical guidelines.

Student Testimonials:

★★★★★ "Some of the items presented do seem common sense/intuitive, but oftentimes in the "real world" we get overwhelmed and encumbered by everything that is going on, we skip steps and forget to follow a coherent process. I have recently held a few meetings where I didn't feel as effective as I could have been. This course was a great step to refocus/reorganize and move forward." - Dacia Drury

★★★★★ "I really enjoyed this course! I thought the material was well-organized and presented in an engaging way. The content was also very relevant- even though I already lead a lot of my own virtual meetings and have been doing so for a long time, it reinforced and validated some of the ideas I use. I also liked the format of the course, presented in short bite-sized pieces and with the reiteration of simple concepts to drive home the principles. 10/10 would take again!" - Sarah Wiezel