Meetings should be enjoyed, not endured. They don’t have to be boring.
Meetings are important for discussion and decision-making in any business, but in a co-operative they are essential, and we must make them effective – ie, brief, efficient and amicable.
Holding regular effective and enjoyable meetings is the best way of ensuring member participation and democracy and therefore the sustainability of a co-operative.
Our workshops focus on the three tools (role of the
chair, the minutes and the agenda), increasing participation, evaluating
meetings, the decision-making
process and different styles of decision making.
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now if
you would like to be contacted about workshops.
Three tools for effective meetings 45kb
Do’s and don’ts
for increasing participation in meetings 35kb
Evaluating your meetings 37kb
The decision-making process 32kb
Different decision-making styles 38kb
Making Decisions Together by Matt Grillo http://www.geo.coop/collcop.htm
We’ve prepared a brief questionnaire to help you assess
whether your co-operative needs to pay more attention to the way it runs
meetings. Check out
your meetings skills.