Committee Skills Workshop
A practical workshop designed for new and existing committee volunteers who want to achieve a successful outcome and a positive working relationship on the committees they engage in.
Course Content
- Recognise what contributes to an effective and efficient committee meeting.
- Examine the different roles on a committee including the Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer.
- Learn how to draft an agenda that gets results.
- Discover how to structure minutes that summarise the discussion and delineate responsibilities and action items.
- Consider the legal implications of serving on a voluntary committee including ‘reasonableness’, recordkeeping and financial accounts.
- Understand group dynamics.
- Recognising preferred teamwork roles.
- Manage conflict to achieve a constructive conclusion to discussions.
- Appreciate how to successfully deal with different personality types.
- Enhance communication skills to ensure a productive outcome including active listening, appropriate questioning, positive body language and providing negative feedback in an affirmative manner.
If you wish to organise a workshop please contact us.
