Have you ever been involved in a project that didn’t require a meeting? Neither have we. Well-run project meetings allow teams to get through the maze of distractions and obstacles to achieve results. Unfortunately many project meetings are viewed by team members as unproductive, tedious, wastes of precious time. But you can change that. Based on the presenters new book (to be released in September 2007, by Jossey-Bass), The Project Meeting Facilitator contains practical techniques and practices that will help you facilitate your meetings more effectively; transforming them into well-planned, well-managed journeys that engage the team while achieving the intended goals.
-Understand a model for productive meetings planning, execution and follow-up.
-Acquire basic facilitation techniques for keeping meetings on target and people engaged
-Obtain a project meeting framework identifying the key PMBOK project phases |
Jan Means is experienced as a senior manager, facilitator, and information systems manager and developer over a 28 year career in a variety of industries including manufacturing, direct mail and financial services. Special expertise focuses on facilitation of work sessions in large-scale project environments. These collaborative work sessions bring together cross-functional teams of Business Professionals along with Information Technology, Project and Quality professionals to build project deliverables that will improve business performance. She also provides facilitation mentoring and training programs, and specializes in business modeling and the human dynamics of facilitation. Ms. Means is the co-author of the book “Facilitating the Project Lifecycle”, published by Jossey-Bass, July 2005 and “The Project Meeting Facilitator”, published by Jossey-Bass in September 2007. She is a frequent speaker at project management, quality, and facilitation conferences.
Michael S. Spivey is a senior facilitator and consultant, with special expertise in the facilitation of work sessions which bring business and technical resources together to improve overall business performance, often in a Six Sigma environment. Mr. Spivey is also a certified PMP, working with large-scale project teams in major industries. He is the co-author of the book “The Project Meeting Facilitator”, published by Jossey-Bass in September 2007. Mr. Spivey is on the board of the International Association of Facilitators, and a frequent speaker at project management, quality, and facilitation conferences. |
