Masterful Meetings

Masterful Meetings is a meeting facilitation training course for managers, team leaders, and project managers who want meetings that start on time, stay on track, and lead to real decisions.

Most organizations lose thousands of hours a year to unproductive meetings — no agenda, no decisions, no follow-through. The problem isn’t your people. It’s the absence of a consistent meeting facilitation system. This course gives your team that system.

Using our PDI methodology (Practical, Dynamic & Interactive), Masterful Meetings is a step-by-step framework for planning, leading, and closing productive meetings in both in-person and virtual environments. Energetic instructors keep sessions highly interactive so your team learns by doing — not just listening.

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In Person Edition

Learn with your peers!

This convenient, two-day course is designed to help you improve your meetings using practical facilitation techniques. You’ll learn our proven framework for maximizing productivity and performance as well as strategies to overcome the most common issues in today’s meetings.

Learn how to:

  • Develop a results-driven agenda
  • Start meetings on time with everyone present
  • Manage dysfunctional behavior
  • Keep meetings on track and focused
  • Increase productivity and efficient time management
  • Bring your group to consensus
  • And more!

Discover how you can create a meetings revolution in your organization by eliminating the most common problems.

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Virtual Edition

Learn from your location!

This instructor-led, online version is delivered in 1.5 days and is broken into several sessions. It is designed for people who lead meetings in which some or all of the participants are remote. The course provides a structured approach to virtual meeting management including techniques for starting on time with everyone present, keeping the group focused, managing dysfunctional behavior, and closing with commitment.

Day 1

Session 1

8:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Getting Started
Masterful Meetings Vision
Practice Session / Break

Session 2

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
Preparing of the meeting
Starting the meeting
Practice Session / Break

Session 3

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET
Executing the meeting
Information Gathering Review

Day 2

Session 4

8:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Closing the meeting
Handling Dysfunction
Practice Session / Break

Session 5

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM ET
Handling Disagreement
The Master Plan for Transforming Meetings Organization-wide
Next Steps

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35,000+ Facilitators Trained
30+ Years Meeting Expertise
95% Rate Us Best or One of the Best
PDI Methodology Practical. Dynamic. Interactive.

Find the Right Training Option for Your Team

Tell us how many people will attend and we’ll match you with the best format — whether that’s an upcoming public class or a private session built for your organization.

  • Public classes available year-round — in-person and virtual
  • Private classes fully customized for groups of 10 or more
  • Train-the-Trainer options to scale meeting culture organization-wide
  • Practical PDI methodology — your team learns by doing

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Who will benefit from this course?

This meeting facilitation training course is ideal for professionals who lead or participate in important workplace meetings — and need them to be shorter, more focused, and more decisive.

Ideal For:

  • Meeting Leaders
  • Supervisors
  • Managers
  • Product & Project Managers
  • Total Quality Facilitators
  • Trainers
  • Analysts
  • Reengineering Teams
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Needing To:

  • Drastically improve meeting quality organization-wide
  • Reduce time and money lost to unproductive meetings
  • Build a shared meeting culture across all teams
  • Reach faster, better group decisions
  • Handle difficult behaviors without derailing the meeting

Get the White Paper + Course Details

Fill out the short form and you’ll immediately receive The Cost of Wasted Meetings — plus information on how Masterful Meetings training can help you transform meeting culture in your organization.

  • Quantify what unproductive meetings really cost your org
  • Three proven approaches for creating a meetings revolution
  • Shareable Meeting Rights you can roll out across your team
  • Course schedule, formats, and how to bring this to your team

What you will learn

In this meeting facilitation training, you’ll learn a complete, practical framework for planning, leading, and closing productive meetings — including how to adapt those techniques for virtual meeting facilitation and hybrid teams.

Objectives

  • Identify the role of meetings, the different meeting types, and how to avoid unnecessary meetings

  • Describe typical problems with meetings

  • Define the qualities of masterful meetings

  • Provide a starting set of Meeting Rights to empower participants

  • Describe detailed meetings techniques for achieving masterful meetings

  • Give practice in using the meeting techniques to run masterful meetings

  • Provide a roadmap for transforming meetings throughout your organization

Types of meetings you’ll improve

  • Weekly team and staff meetings

  • Project status and stand-up meetings

  • Leadership and department meetings

  • Strategic planning and problem-solving sessions

  • Virtual and hybrid meetings with remote participants

 

Training for

Masterful Meetings is available at various times throughout the year and is delivered in both in-person and virtual live instructor-led formats. This option is ideal for individuals seeking professional development in a small group setting.

Best for individuals and small groups enrolling in our public classes.

Best for teams of 10 or more seeking a dedicated, private meeting facilitation training — fully customized to your organization. Private classes are fully customizable, taught at your location or virtually, and provide the best value for groups of 10 or more.

*If you have fewer than 10 people, but still desire a personalized, private learning experience, consider collaborating with other departments in your organization or other organizations near you.

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Want to build internal meeting facilitation capability?

Our Train the Trainer option equips your internal facilitators with the Masterful Meetings framework so you can scale the system across your organization.

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Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Participants leave with a step-by-step framework for preparing, starting, running, and closing meetings — including techniques for developing a results-driven agenda, keeping groups focused, handling dysfunctional behavior, reaching consensus, and closing with clarity. They also receive a starting set of Meeting Rights that empowers every participant, not just the leader.
Most meeting training focuses on etiquette tips or scheduling software. Masterful Meetings is built on 30+ years of facilitation expertise and uses our PDI methodology — Practical, Dynamic, and Interactive. Every technique is practiced in class, not just presented. The course also includes an organizational transformation roadmap so improvements spread beyond individual attendees.
The course is ideal for anyone who leads or participates in meetings — managers, supervisors, project and product managers, team leads, trainers, and facilitators. It is equally valuable for individuals seeking professional development and for organizations that want to transform how their entire team runs meetings.
Both formats are available. The in-person edition is two days and is designed for learning alongside peers. The virtual edition is delivered over 1.5 days in structured sessions and is specifically built for leaders who run meetings with remote or hybrid participants. Private classes for teams of 10 or more can be scheduled at your location or virtually.
Public class seats are available for individuals and small groups. For organizations training 10 or more people, a private class is the most cost-effective option — it is fully customizable and delivered at your location. Contact us using the form on this page for a private class quote.
Research consistently shows that professionals spend between 30 and 50 percent of their workday in meetings — and that a significant portion of that time is unproductive. Our white paper on the cost of wasted meetings breaks down the real financial impact for organizations of different sizes. Download it free here.
Masterful Meetings is a focused, two-day course designed specifically for meeting leaders who want to improve the quality and efficiency of meetings inside their organization. The Effective Facilitator is a more comprehensive four-day course covering the full discipline of facilitation — from managing group dynamics and building consensus to leading large-scale strategic sessions. Many organizations start with Masterful Meetings and follow up with The Effective Facilitator for their core facilitators.