Planning And Facilitating Effective Meetings
28 Mar 2026 · 09:30 – 12:00
About this event
A working session rather than a lecture. You will leave with a written agenda template, a facilitation checklist, and a decision-recording format that has been used across the university's own committees since 2023.
The session is deliberately small — thirty places — because the second half is spent running a meeting rather than hearing about one. If you book a place and cannot come, releasing it lets somebody on the waiting list attend.
Programme
| Time | Session | Led by |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | Arrival and coffee | — |
| 09:45 | Why most meetings fail before they start | Raymond Salazar |
| 10:30 | Agendas that make decisions possible | Raymond Salazar |
| 11:00 | Break | — |
| 11:15 | Practical: run a meeting, get critiqued | All participants |
| 11:50 | Recording decisions and closing | Raymond Salazar |
Who should come
- Anyone who chairs a committee, a project group or a society.
- Research students preparing to run their own group meetings.
- Professional and administrative staff at any grade.
- Members of the public — a third of places are held for people outside the university.
Free to attend. Thirty places. Booking closes when the room is full, which for this session is usually about a week ahead.
Getting here
Chandler Hall, Room 204, on the main campus at 41 Chandler Row, Aldermont, MA 02139. The building is step-free throughout, has an accessible toilet on each floor, and a hearing loop in the room being used. Visitor parking must be booked in advance; the campus is four minutes' walk from the transit stop.