This session is designed for student groups, committee members or student representatives who are interested in learning how to chair or facilitate and effective meeting. The session also covers tips on how to work with an manage external speaker events which you may have planned. 

The skills you will gain in this session will be easily transferable in to a workplace setting and can be used in many other situations.

This session will cover the following areas: 

• Increase understanding of why chairing skills are important 
• Explores how to create and maintain a ‘safe space’ and the importance of explicit agreements
• Identifies what you need to do before, during and after an event
• Develops skills and confidence to facilitate difficult discussions and chair controversial debates