We have all experienced it – that feeling you get when you are in a meeting that is going nowhere. There is one person who is talking too much and the group never makes a clear decision. As your eyes glaze over, your mind drifts off and you start daydreaming, wondering if there is a better way…

If that is how you feel in meetings, then this is the workshop for you! We will be running through common issues in meetings and giving you tools to fix them.

Learning outcomes/ meeting tools

Agenda – plan beforehand

Facilitation – guide the meeting in real time

Meeting notes – a record of the meeting to refer back to in the future

Rounds vs hands – making sure everybody contributes

Decision making – It will be a practical session where you have the chance to test out the skills and tools you will have learnt.

About the facilitator

Richard is a Co-op Development Advisor and Meeting Facilitator/ Trainer. He has 10 years’ experience in worker and community co-ops + 18 years meeting facilitation experience. He was previously Cooperatives Champion whilst an Oxford City Councillor before moving back to London in 2020. He is a graduate of the Barefoot Cooperative Development course and an Associate Member of Principle Six.

Caleb was born and raised in Islington and works as a cooperative developer through Principle Six, a partner in Cooperative Islington. Caleb has years of experience facilitating spaces for networking, discussion and decision making. He is a graduate of the Barefoot Cooperative Development course, a founding member of Green Wood Housing Co-op and a director/member of Kentish Town Vegbox Co-op.