Better meetings. Stronger teams. Greater results.
Better meetings don't just happen. They are designed.
Make the meetings you lead more purposeful, engaging, and effective with a practical, self-paced learning experience designed for today's workplace.
Work through real-world situations, interactive activities, and practical ideas you can begin applying to your meetings right away.
SELF-PACED • ONLINE • APPROX. 4–6 HOURS • CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
Meetings Take Time.
Make Them Count.
Meetings are where much of our work happens.
They are where decisions get made, ideas take shape, relationships develop, problems get solved, and people determine what happens next.
But too often, meetings leave people disengaged, unclear about why they are there, or wondering whether the conversation accomplished anything at all.
Make Meetings Great helps you become more intentional about how people come together to do meaningful work.
Through practical ideas and realistic workplace situations, you'll explore ways to create meetings where people are more prepared to participate, more able to contribute, and clearer about what needs to happen next.
What You'll Learn
Practical ideas you can put to work immediately.
Make Meetings Great helps you strengthen the way you think about, prepare for, and participate in meetings.
Through the course, you'll explore ways to:
Create Greater Purpose
Become clearer about why a meeting is happening and what needs to be accomplished.
Strengthen Participation
Create conditions that help more people contribute meaningfully.
Improve Engagement
Move beyond passive attendance toward active involvement.
Build Better Conversations
Support communication that helps people hear one another and work through important issues.
Strengthen Collaboration
Create meeting practices that make it easier for people to work together.
Move Toward Action
Help meetings produce greater clarity around commitments and next steps.
More Than Videos
Learn by working through real situations.
Make Meetings Great is designed as an interactive learning experience rather than a collection of presentations to watch.
As you move through the program, you will encounter realistic workplace scenarios, questions, decisions, activities, and opportunities to test your understanding.
One scenario places you in the role of a manager working with a new employee named Dana. As the situation develops, you'll make choices, respond to questions, receive feedback, and continue through the experience.
It's practical learning designed to help you think about what you would actually do.
The Course Experience
Learn at Your Own Pace
Move through approximately four to six hours of content when it works for you.
Engage With Interactive Scenarios
Respond to questions and situations instead of simply watching presentations.
Apply What You're Learning
Connect the ideas to meetings and workplace situations you already encounter.
Check Your Understanding
Interactive questions provide feedback as you work through the course.
Complete the Program
Receive a certificate of completion when you finish.
Who Is Make Meetings Great For?
You don't need to be a professional facilitator to improve the way people gather.
Make Meetings Great is especially useful for:
Managers and supervisors
Team leaders
Project leaders
Emerging leaders
Human resources professionals
Facilitators
Organizational-development professionals
Anyone who regularly leads or participates in workplace meetings
If meetings are part of how you get work done, there is something here you can use.
Practical Convening for the Workplace
Informed by the Art of Convening®
The Center for Purposeful Leadership has spent decades exploring a fundamental question:
How do we bring people together in ways that allow them to do their best thinking, relating, and work?
Make Meetings Great brings practical elements of that orientation into everyday workplace situations.
If you are interested in exploring the deeper framework and practice behind CPL's approach to purposeful gatherings, our Introduction to Convening course provides a self-paced introduction to the nine Aspects of the Convening Wheel.
Course Details
Format
Self-paced online course
Time Commitment
Approximately 4–6 hours
Experience
Interactive scenarios, activities, questions, and practical learning
Access
Online through CPL's learning environment
Completion
Certificate of completion
Individual Enrollment
$99
CPL Member Rate
$79
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Bringing Make Meetings Great to Your Organization?
Make Meetings Great can also support teams and organizations looking for a practical way to strengthen meeting practices across a larger group.
Organizations may enroll multiple participants individually, and the course has also been developed in a format that can support integration with organizational learning-management systems.
Interested in organizational access or licensing?
Contact Patricia Neal: pneal@centerfpl.org
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Make Meetings Great is self-paced, so you can work through the course on your own schedule.
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Plan for approximately four to six hours of learning. You do not need to complete it all at once.
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No. The course is designed to be practical and accessible whether or not you are already familiar with CPL or the Art of Convening.
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Yes. Participants receive a certificate of completion after finishing the course.
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After your registration is processed, you will receive instructions for accessing Make Meetings Great through CPL's online learning environment.
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Yes. Organizations can enroll multiple participants, and opportunities may also be available for learning-management-system integration. Contact CPL to discuss your needs.
Ready to Make Your Next Meeting Better?
You don't need to redesign your organization to begin improving the way people work together.
Start with the next meeting.
Bring greater purpose.
Invite better participation.
Create better conversations.
And make the time you spend together count.
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