This half day workshop will explore ways to chair meetings, seminars and presentations effectively.

The training will cover the following areas:

• How to prepare for chairing
• Using a structured decision making approach to ensure that actions result from meetings
• Exploring ways to deal with difficult situations ranging from levels of participation, interruptions and keeping to time
• Introducing speakers
• How to wrap up a session
• Dealing with questions and answer sessions

University of Manchester staff can book onto this course by logging into the Training Catalogue.