Live Webinar October 26th, 2016 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU free
Provider: O’Reilly

Practical Advice To Get More Done & Save Time

Another dreaded meeting.  Another time waster leaving many participants unsure of what the meeting was about or why they were asked to attend.

Do meetings have to be this way?

No, say meeting researchers Emily and Dick Axelrod.  They’ve whittled down their 60+ years of combined experience in helping institutions large and small plan and execute meetings into a precise, effective system called the Meeting Canoe.

Dick and Emily provide tactics and guidance to help you run your next meeting better. Bring your most vexing meeting problems to this webcast and walk away with ideas you can use the very next hour.

Topics include:

• Rescuing the discussion
• Redirecting when the meeting derails
• Recapping decisions and everyone’s to-dos
• Handling participants who show up late or leave early
• Preventing the discussion from hardening into conflict

Presenters:

Emily Axelrod (LinkedIn profile) believes that honesty, relationships, communication, and engagement are key factors in change. Emily is cofounder of and principal in the Axelrod Group, Inc., with her husband, Dick. For  30+ years, Emily has used strategic visioning, work redesign, & team development, to build sustainable, fun, and dignified organizations. Emily uses her southern spirit and wit with her high profile clients and is a highly sought-after keynote speaker, coach, and is a guest lecturer. She co authored You Don’t Have to Do It Alone and was a contributing author to The Change Handbook, The Flawless Consulting Field Book, and Future Search in School District Change.

Dick Axelrod (LinkedIn profile) co founded The Axelrod Group, Inc., a consulting firm that pioneered the use of employee involvement to effect large-scale organizational change. With 35+ years of consulting and teaching experience with fortune 100 clients and the National Health Service in the UK, Dick is now faculty at the University of Chicago and recently received their Excellence in Teaching Award. Dick now resides in Wilmette, Illinois with his wife Emily.

Dick has authored several books including:

1. Terms of Engagement: Changing the Way We Change Organizations,
2. You Don’t Have to Do It Alone: How to Involve Others to Get Things Done ,
   • Co Authored with Emily Axelrod
   • The New York Times called “the best of the current crop of books on this subject.
3. Let’s Stop Meeting Like This: Tools to Save Time and Get More Done

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First Aid For Time-Wasting, Energy-Sapping Meetings

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