2 CPE This course provides professionals with proven knowledge, practical instructions and examples to effectively facilitate meetings that set clear expectations, engage participation and increase overall productivity.
In this course, we show you how to prepare for facilitation with simple but highly effective elements to structure your meetings for success. We provide invaluable insight on how to create a meeting environment that provides collective clarity and genuine interactions while fostering a strong focus on delivering results. To round out the course, we cover common meeting facilitation missteps while enriching your understanding with remedies to help you avoid them.
This course provides the knowledge to immediately transform your meetings into value-added time, fortify your ability to engender energized participation, and meet required objectives while building your overall skill set.
Course Key Concepts: Facilitation, Meeting, How To, Effective, Results.
Learning Objectives
- Identify fundamental elements to blueprint meetings for success.
- Discover key elements needed to structure meetings for efficiency.
- Recognize essential skills to engage participation and promote desired outcomes.
- Explore common pitfalls and learn how to avoid them.
Last updated/reviewed: March 25, 2024
168 Reviews (880 ratings)
Reviews
Anonymous
(Accounts Payable Manger)
The examples provided were helpful and relatable.
Anonymous
(Treasury Director)
Darrell is thoroughly engaging and always intriguing throughout this course. I really enjoyed listening to the energy and passion he has on this subject. He takes you through the stages of preparing, setting the stage, and then facilitating a meeting. He covers meeting pitfalls and helpful tips to keep a meeting on par. His coverage of “nightmare participants” is comical, but definitely a reality we all need to be aware of in the typical meeting audience.
Anonymous
(Snr Accounting Consultant, CPA)
Professor Littleberry - another great course from you! I will surely be applying what I have learned from the course on effective meetings from now onwards. As someone who prepares and presents our monthly financial statements and analysis in our monthly meetings; this course is a jewel. Thank you.
Jason McGill
(Practice Manager at The ASP Team)
Solid presentation. Would be improved by some video clip examples. The article was entirely from the side of the facilitator but often the problem is that managers don't have these skills. Maybe some discussion about how to address these issues with those that are failing to facilitate.
Anonymous
(Director of FInance)
I really enjoyed this course. It gave a lot of good information on Facilitating Meetings, things to look out for and ways to bring folks back on track. I go to many many meetings and i will use his advice going forward. I would like more courses on conducting business meetings.
Anonymous
(Senior Manager Risk Advisory &am..)
I recently attended this course and it was an incredible experience! The content was well-structured and highly relevant, and the instructor was knowledgeable and engaging. I gained valuable insights and practical skills that I can immediately apply to my work.
Anonymous
(Director of Finance)
Great tips for effectively facilitating a meeting. Shows all the preparation to pitfalls that you will need to be aware when having meetings. There are plenty of challenges, but using this class can help you be prepared for anything that happens in the meetings.
Anonymous
(Consultant)
The facilitation tips will be tools that I use actively going forward. With the Covid pandemic changing the way meetings are conducted by way of Zoom, teams etc, it is important to hone up on ones meeting facilitation skills, even when meeting remotely.
Wilson Neely
( at Solo Stove)
Great course really provided me with the tools needed to facilitate effective meetings. Presence, audience engagement, and organization are key aspects of leading a boardroom discussion and that really came through in the lesson.
Anonymous
(controller)
always a god topic to cover as we have so many meetings and yet the outcome is often very poor compared to the needs. it is a more important skill than it is given credit for as so most decisions get made in meetings.
Todd Williamson
( at CPChem)
Mr. Littleberry was an engaging speaker. His examples demonstrated that he has battle-tested these tools/techniques through years of hands-on experience. I look forward to taking another class from him in the future.
Anonymous
(PRESIDENT)
The presenter was excellent. I really liked how he used practical examples to illustrate points. The presenter effectively used the slides to make the course more meaningful. I can highly recommend this course.
Anonymous
(Controller)
This provides good insight on running effective meetings. I do see a lot of what he is talking about when it comes to good meetings. Though they are not difficult to manage, it is important to learn these skills.
Anonymous
(Senior Accountant)
Very helpful information, very well laid out, great examples and engagingly presented. Presenter did good recap of each stage before going onto next stage. Good info to readily use when facilitating next meeting.
Anonymous
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Excellent content. This course really did a good job at getting to the meat and potatoes of the content. The content, context, and multiple modes of representation they provide is highly effective and enjoyable!
Patricia Ivy
( at Byram Properties)
This short two hour course was full of good, specific advice about how to faciliatate effective meetings. I like the content and the slides which can be used as a refresher anytime before your next meeting.
Go Tanaka
(Manager, Sales Strategy at Manulife)
Most of what was covered in this course I experience daily at my workplace, but it was nice to have an opportunity to organize and recognize the best practices that we need to constantly strive to follow.
Anonymous
(Associate Director)
The course provides a great overview of key items to remember and consider when facilitating a meeting. Definitely a must for any person who is involved heavily in leading and facilitating meetings.
Anonymous
(Senior Accountant)
Like with all soft-skills type classes, this one shows that what we think we know may not always be true, and specifically names the things we may already be doing so we can tweak and reinforce them.
Anonymous
(Director, Accounting)
This course provided good information on facilitating effective meetings with examples and tips. The information was very thorough as it started with the preparation needed to have a good outcome.
Taylor Rashan
(Senior Cost Accountant at Genus PLC)
This course is beneficial if you find yourself in charge of meetings at work and need a blueprint on how to run an effective meeting. The instructor was very precise and provided excellent tips.
Jon Clegg
( at Becoming Athletic, LLC)
Mr. Littleberry did a fantastic job of sharing his system for meeting facilitation and the agenda download was a nice addition. His style and technique was on point and the material was great!
Anonymous
(Director)
I highly recommend this course. The topics covered are very helpful The speaker was very lively and engaging. I always facilitate meetings and I still learned a lot of things from this course.
Anonymous
(Finance Consultant)
Great points to reinforce to our meeting coordinators. I appreciated the setting the stage tips and identifying the different types of disruptors who may be in the audience to a given meeting.
Anonymous
(AVP Accounting Information Systems)
Great presentation although the pace was somewhat slow for my preference.
I learned a lot and realized that I have a lot of changes that I need to make to be a great meeting facilitator.
Anonymous
(Accountant)
The course was very informative and provided tips that will be very helpful as I facilitate meetings in the future. The instructor explained the material in a very clear and concise manner.
John Doerksen
( at Equity Bank)
Good course, thank you, it was a subject I had not considered much before but I found that the course gave me numerous good things to think about. Darrell is a good teacher, and engaging!
Lori Kulp
( at HRP Hitesh CPA)
The class gave valuable information about how to prepare and run a successful business meeting. It prepared you for various types of problems you'll run into and how to resolve them,
Sandra Casiraghi
(Accounting Manager at Christus Health)
Good organization of tips. Nice to know I already use many of these, so it's nice to know I've had good mentors. But, there are some I can add. Good presentation, easy to listen to.
Anonymous
(Private Equity Accountant)
Great class and teacher. Overall, it was very engaging and informative. The slides are the best that I have seen from one of these lectures. I would recommend this class to others.
Chrissy Patterson
(ESG Process & Controls Manager at Google)
This course was very helpful in order to gain tips about how to best facilitate a meeting. I found the tips on how to address problematic "nightmare" attendees especially helpful!
Anonymous
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Great course. Easy to think this stuff is common sense, but this is course if full of great information that will greatly improve your ability to facilitate effective meetings.
Ningjie Tang
( at Dentsu China Investment Limited)
overall great courses especially for those who are early in their career development. I would recommend people with less than 7 year working experience to take this course.
Anonymous
(Sr. Manager, SOX Compliance)
Great course with a lot of practical tips. I can definitely see myself using some of the tips to get better engagement from attendees and drive towards the deliverables.
Reva Westbrook
( at Fortis Life Sciences)
This was a common sense type presentation. It included good examples/tips of things to include when trying to have a great meeting and keep things on track.
Jessica Flesher
(Supervisory Program Specialist at VA - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs)
Great course; easy to follow. Instructor was engaging and I found the course easy to listen to. I didnt get bored as I do with many self study courses.
Anonymous
(Controller)
The training was well structured. It presented key concepts and strategies as well as practical ways to implement those concepts and strategies presented.
Anonymous
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Darrell Littleberry clearly and thoroughly presented course content that sometimes gets overlooked. Great tips and pointers for holding effective meeting!
Hyoe Nakagiri
(Internal Auditor Chasing New Opportuniti.. at Independent)
The instructor not only knows his stuff - he lives it and demonstrates it every minute of this webinar, and as a result the content comes in so naturally.
Anonymous
(Internal Audit Manager)
Really enjoyed the facilitator's energy and the overall course! Some really great tips that I am planning on trying to implement in my meetings to come!
Ronald Latz
( at Latz Wealth Care Corp.)
Darrell did a great job keeping me engaged. There were a lot of helpful tips. It did help to play at 1.5x the normal speed as this gave it more energy.
Anonymous
(Director of Institutional Effectiveness)
Set of informative tips to lead an effective meeting - although it was fairly traditional and did not address multi-cultural leadership/concerns.
Anonymous
(Assistant Controller)
Really great topics and ideas to think about. No matter what business, conducting effective meetings is important. Great tips in this course.
Anonymous
(CFO)
Great course with helpful ideas and concepts in facilitating effective meetings. The examples and materials were supportive of the message.
Anonymous
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Overall a good, energetic course. We all struggle with meetings at times. This course provides good tips on how to make meetings better.
Ashton Williams
(Controller at Codaray Construction, LLC)
Provides some strong steps to utilize when preparing a presentation. One of the most beneficial was how to keep everyone's attention.
Anonymous
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Easy to follow along. Really enjoyed the PDF of the slides to help me follow along. Gave me good tips on how to facilitate a meeting.
Valerie Dickson
(Assistant Controller at Celtic Bank)
The presenter was engaging and I liked that, but I thought the material could easily have been covered in half of the amount of time.
S Marie Vernon
(- at --)
Excellent course. If you are facilitating a meeting and want to hold your audience’s attention, this is the course that will help.
Clayton Armfield
(Senior Financial Analyst at Stryker)
Great overview - I wish there were more live examples (not mock ups) but real speeches / live meetings that exemplify the teachings
Anonymous
(Finance & Accounting Consultant)
Overall a great course in facilitating effective meetings. I liked the specific tips and examples that were shared by the trainer.
Anonymous
(Corporate Controller)
Darrell did an awesome job to keep the course engaging and relevant. The slides and flow of the presentation was very well done!
Anonymous
(Consultant)
Good overview of general facilitation tips. Would be helpful if everyone who leads meetings was reminded of these tips regularly.
Anonymous
(Director of Real Estate)
Great course that breaks down the basics of effective meeting facilitation. From here, it's just up to practice and repetition.
Anonymous
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This is a good summary of tips. It was a little repetitive. I liked that it addressed both large meetings and small meetings.
ERICA CARPER
(Controller at MWP)
He provided specific examples of what to say in certain situations in meetings and really focused on common mistakes to avoid.
Anonymous
(Controller)
The instructor kept the course interesting and gave a lot of useful tips. I will be putting these into practice immediately!
Anonymous
(CPA)
I really like taking courses with this consultant. He presents the information clearly and uses a lot of helpful examples.
Jennifer Rowland
(CFO at Pellucere Technologies)
overall good presentation, i like key phrases to hold onto for getting back on track. a list of those phrases would be nice
Anonymous
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Best CPE review course I've taken through Illumeo or any other CPE providing platform. Excellent work, Illumeo and Darrell!
Anonymous
(Controller)
appreciate all the info provided although a lot of it was just common sense - still good reminders and things to focus on
Maxwell Hassenstein
( at NeoGenomics)
Outstanding reference material on how to organize and facilitate a meeting, a principal component in everyone's career.
Anonymous
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This course was helpful and provided suggestions to keep a meeting on track and achieve the facilitator's objective.
Anonymous
(Controller)
Great information and on point. I enjoyed the section on how to deal with people who take your meeting off track.
Anonymous
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Great course, really liked the effective meeting agenda sample. Also enjoyed the examples and suggestions provided.
Anita Milas Caktaš
(Director, Internal Audit at International Medical Corps)
Very good tips and inputs in a simple and plain language that helps be better achieving objectives of the meeting
Anonymous
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Good presentation, thanks for putting this together. Meetings can be brutal when they aren't properly prepped for.
Anonymous
(Manager)
Great class for in-person work! Tips may need to be modified to address meetings in a work from home environment.
eric spicer
(AR specialist at Novelis)
well done. I learned much about the effective meeting process. I can use this course as a guide going forward
Anonymous
()
Slides are very professional and topics are presented effectively in a very easy to follow and retain manner.
Anonymous
(Controller)
This course has good reminders of how to make sure meetings are effective and a good use of everyone's time.
Anonymous
()
. Materials are well written and clear and vivid. Speaker was clear and easy to listen to and enjoyable.
Anonymous
(Senior Accountant)
The course was thorough and brought to light many great points about how to effectively facilitate meetings.
Anonymous
(Senior Accountant)
Useful information for someone who holds multiple meetings throughout the week with different stakeholders.
Derek Ettinger
( at GP Fund Solutions, LLC)
Excellent course with genuinely helpful insights. Instructor gave much thought to the design of the course.
KIM MILLER
( at Miller's Mowing & More)
This webinar was very educational and will come in very handy. Thank you for the opportunity to view it.
Anonymous
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super interesting the exam was tricky but fair could have summarized better in a one page bullet type form
Anonymous
(Accounting Manager)
Quick recap about how to address meetings. Only some tips to deal with the nerves with leading a meeting.
Stephanie Hankins
(Controller at Rabbithole Distillery)
Good course if you do a lot of meetings and trainings in your job. Easy concepts that are often not done.
Anonymous
(SVP Corp Compliance & Accounting)
Great lesson to learn how to better facilitate meetings. great terminology to help remember key concepts.
Anonymous
(CPA)
The course was fun and very easy to follow. It covered a great deal of material, but summarized it well.
Anonymous
()
This course gave excellent suggestions, especially on ways to deal with difficult situations that arise.
Anonymous
(Director, Governance)
Great course for a refresher on the appropriate steps to prepare for an facilitate an effective meeting.
Anonymous
(Senior Accountant)
The class gives a lot of helpful tips on how to manage meetings. Will refer to this class in the future.
Anonymous
(Tax and Accounting Operations Supervisor)
Good presentation and visual aids. The presentation slides (PDF) are useful when organizing meetings.
Christopher Hole
(Director of Internal Audit at Roseburg Forest Products)
Excellent design and delivery. Really effective presentation that lends credibility to the content.
Anonymous
(Associate)
Good overview of how to run effective meetings - important class for anyone wanting to be a leader
Wayne Burns
(CFO at Lone Tree Inc)
essentials are well organized and presented in an effective manner. Easy to understand and follow
Kathy Bennett
(Owner at KB Consulting LLC (Maine))
This course provides a good overview of meeting preparation and facilitation with great visuals.
Chris Fameree
( at Diligence Solutions Group, LLC)
Very methodical presentation detailing the steps necessary to effectively facilitate meetings.
Anonymous
(Controller)
great course with helpful insights and tips on how the have the most effective meetings possible
Jan Reed
(Partner at Silicon Valley Finance Group)
I thought the slides were great references and the organization was thoughtful and meaningful
Anonymous
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This course provided a good summary of how to facilitate presentations or group conversations.
Judy Heath
(Manager, Financial Shared Services at LennoxInternational)
Very engaging presentation. Provided key points and tips that can be immediately implmented.
Anonymous
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(Director)
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Anonymous
(Owner)
Good overview of how to facilitate a meeting. I will be using these techniques next time.
Anonymous
(Internal Auditor)
The instructor provided practical tips and reminders for facilitating an effective meeting.
Anonymous
(-)
Very engaging presenter who explains key concepts clearly and with enthusiasm.
Thank you.
Anonymous
(Auditor)
Helpful in facilitating a meeting, achieving results and meeting your goals and objectives
Anonymous
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very informative course about How to facilitate effective meeting and it helped me a lot.
Robert Jennings
(Financial Analyst at City of Detroit)
really enjoyed material. real world examples were great. length of course seems right.
Mary-Ann Anyikam
(Manager - Compliance and Risk Management at HP)
This course was a good refresher, especially as more people conduct meetings virtually.
Sam Grosoff
(Associate at RSM)
I really enjoyed this course and look forward to more effective meetings in the future
Anonymous
(Controller)
This course provided helpful tips for leading meetings and creating positive outcomes.
Anonymous
(Inspector)
This course establishes many common tips and guides to facilitate successful meetings.
Syed Kazmi
(Controller at Encompass Capital Advisors LLC)
Good material to understand the subject and helpful in conducting business meetings..
Katherine Maline
( at IntraFi Network, LLC)
This course was outlined in a clear and consice way that made sense for the material.
Anonymous
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Really great info in this course. I will definitely be implementing these strategies
Anonymous
(Controller)
My name is Mark and I think that I liked this course very much so..................
Anonymous
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Great class with lots of examples and tips that can easily be used in real life.
Anonymous
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useful tips for running facilitating effective meetings and keeping them on track
Anonymous
(Senior Consultant)
Very engaging presentation. A lot of take aways that can be used in your career.
Anonymous
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The presenter was enthusiastic and the course was full of helpful information.
Kurt Romney
(Director for Temporal Affairs at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day..)
Nice course with great tips on how to effectively facilitate business meetings.
Mark Gasperini
(Senior Accountant at Browne Consulting Group)
Same feedback as the other course that Darrell taught. very engaging and useful!
Michael Goodhines
(Internal Audit Director at Cross River Bank)
good course. excellent topic. i hope to start using the information immediately
Michael Muchortow
(CPA at Muchortow & Associates)
Energetic presentation that captures the key points to run effective meetings.
Anonymous
(Accountant)
Good presentation of facilitating a meeting. Well structured and good content.
Becky Williams
(Senior Manager, Finance at Stryker)
I learned some very helpful tips and tricks for the facilitation of meetings.
Anonymous
(Chief Financial Officer)
Very interesting presentation, nearly anyone should benefit from this course.
Anonymous
(Consultant)
Some of the content was very helpful but the presentation was a bit informal.
Anonymous
(Finance Manager)
Very helpful to think about all of these tactics when facilitating meetings
Anonymous
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Great class - good topics for anyone who has or will have to run a meeting.
Anonymous
(auditor)
different info than how i used to run meeting, i think it is still helpful
Edward Rodriguez
( at Nuckles Oil Company, Inc)
great, good feedback, informational, excited for more. all good things.
Anonymous
(CPA)
Great course! Helpful, common sense methods to help keep things on track.
Anonymous
(Jr Collector)
great meeting and really clear slides to use for reference in the future
Anonymous
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This was a good course I think, not much to say about that..............
Anonymous
(AP Manager)
The stage that was set was helpful. The facilitation tips seemed useful.
Anonymous
(Senior Accountant)
Darrell's interest in the topic makes for a great learning environment!
Anonymous
(Director Net Revenue)
Very helpful! Loved the examples on what / how to say different things
Anonymous
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This was a helpful review of meeting tips and the slides were useful.
Anonymous
(Consultant)
Not the typical area of focus for accountants, however, informative!
Anonymous
(Sr. Accountant)
Great course, was easy to follow and understand, with good examples.
Anonymous
(controller)
Presenter is engaging and easy to listen to. Content is very basic.
Anonymous
(Accountant)
Great course for effective meetings, easy to understand and follow.
Stephen Rabenold
(Accounting Manager at Browne Consulting)
Really useful tips to help address common issues faced in a meeting
Michelle Newman-Lomasky
(Accountant at Na)
Darrell is a great presenter and did a great job with this topic!
brad dauplaise
(VP Treasury & Capital Markets at Holiday Inn Club Vacations)
Clear concise effective ways to control and facilitate a meeting.
Anonymous
(Director - Billing Data Integrity)
The was a very informative course. Highly recommended, good tips
Scott Anderton
(CFO at HCA)
Great information for me as an unorganized meeting facilitator.
Anonymous
(Accountant)
one of the lighter courses if you need a break from financials.
Deborah Tabacco
( at Transcend Technology, LLC)
Great meeting facilitation tips including how to manage pitfalls.
Anonymous
(Manager)
Good course, nice presentation of the information. learned a lot
Anonymous
(Director)
Great information and tips for facilitating effective meetings.
Jeff Bone
(Chief Growth Officer at Northwestern Mutual)
Great course that i will refer to before facilitating meetings!
Erica Claudin
(Director, Financial Reporting at Charter Communications)
I like the facilitator a lot. He was engaging and interesting.
Anonymous
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Very engaging course! I will certainly use these techniques!
Anonymous
(Risk Analyst)
This trainer does a great job. Great training, useful tips!
Dave Cytlak
(Chief Financial Officer at Blanchard Valley Health System)
Very logical presentation with practical steps and examples
Anonymous
(Accountant)
informtative and clear in how to conduct effective meetings
Anonymous
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simple and easy to under stand the content. would recommend
Eric Wolniak
( at sennder)
Good course on effective meeting preparation and strategy
Raisa Arteaga
(Accounts Payable Manager at Browne Consulting Group)
So glad I took this course. What a game changer! Thank you!
Bob Phipps
( at R.W. Phipps, PA)
having a non profit committee meeting today....thanks.....
Anonymous
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The facilitator was easy to listen to and well organized.
Anonymous
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Surprisingly challenging course. I got good tips from it.
Anonymous
(Accountant)
Course was clearly presented in an easy to follow manner.
Anonymous
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Good refresher/tips on how to run good meetings. Thanks
Anonymous
(Payroll Consultant)
One of the best course I have recently taken - great job
Tanya Noor
( at Bahrain Airport Services)
Really helpful information, highly recommend the course!
Joshua Thomas
(Senior Auditor at CBP DHS GOV)
Great points! Will definitely apply to all my meetings!
Anonymous
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Presenter was thorough and course content appropriate.
Anonymous
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This was a fun and engaging course. I learned a lot.
Anonymous
(Finance Manager)
Very good map, and reminders, to productive meetings!
Maya Walker
(Global Controller at Fourth Enterprises)
Great recommendations! I always enjoy your courses!
Kelsey Kozachuk
(Sr. Controller at Browne Consulting Group)
Great tips for effectively facilitating a meeting.
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Course Complexity: Foundational
No advanced preparation or prerequisites are required for this course.
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