Whether leading a Committee, Working Party or other member group, effective Chairs are vital to your groups’ success. They need to know how to run meetings efficiently, understand and get the best out of the participants, and create the forward movement that is vital for your Association, and says ‘this is worthwhile’ for all involved.
If your contributors could be delivering more for the groups they serve, the AAE’s In-House Meeting Chair Training is here to help.
Delivered by John Scarrott, an experienced trainer and ICF Coach, and designed for Associations, the training will equip your Chairs with the knowledge and skills to excel. Their improved performance will elevate the quality of the group’s output and the contribution they make to your Association.
PLUS when potential Chairs realise that you are prepared to invest in them, it increases the likelihood they will step forward, expanding the scale and diversity of your pool of contributors.
This training will support your contributors to deliver their best performance.
Who should attend
- Inexperienced committee or board meeting chairs who wish to chair with confidence and effectively
- Experienced committee or board meeting chairs who want to raise the effectiveness of the group
Sample Agenda Outline
- Introduction: Outline and goals for the session.
- Perspectives: what makes a great meeting.
- Chairing: management, communication aspects of the chair, how to play them well.
- Using the 4Ps: Preparation, Practise, Performance and Personal Confidence.
- Interaction: practical techniques for creating and sustaining interactive moments.
- Making the most of your group: understanding and bringing out their best qualities.
- Chairing virtually: the skills and tools for chairing via video.
- Action plan: what you’ll do next to turn your learning into action.
Learning outcomes
- A framework that can be applied to become a confident meeting chair
- The skills required to enable forward movement for the group
High value for in-house training
- Relevant and specific to associations: with the trainers' deep knowledge of associations and experience in training association executives
- Flexible: delivered onsite or remotely via video platform, timed and tailored to fit your schedule
- Tailored content: the tutor will shape the session to your requirements
- Practical and interactive: with practical and actionable advice, space for sharing, discussion and questions, plus time to create an action plan to make the most of the takeaways
- Supported: all participants receive a welcome pack with the agenda, a biography of the trainer and suggested preparation and post-training reading and resources
About the Trainer
John Scarrott, a former membership director, and an ICF Credentialed Coach, combines his knowledge of associations, speaking and chairing experience and 10 years training and coaching.
John Scarrott is an AAE training and coaching partner. He has been working with AAE members since 2014. Prior to focusing on training and coaching John spent seven years as a Membership Director. He has spoken in the UK, Europe, Australia and India.
John has trained Speakers, Facilitators and Chairs for associations including, among others, the AAE, World Bladder Cancer Patient Coalition, the Association of the European Self-Care Industry, British Veterinary Nursing Association, Institute of Physicsand the British Parking Association.
Testimonials
John has received excellent feedback from his work, including:
“In 2023 I engaged John to provide in-house training for our committee Chairs. They are responsible for leading their groups and enabling the highest quality of thinking and action from the committee in service of the IOP’s goals.
We decided to invest in training to both enhance their performance and confidence in their roles, and to support them in future leadership roles.
John designed a workshop, tailored to meet their needs. We rolled it out in phases starting with the staff at the IOP. Feedback to the training was positive. For those Chairs with relatively little experience, it was felt to be very useful, in particular around providing good structure and confidence for leading their meetings. And for those more experienced Chairs it was considered a useful reminder and a potential source of new ideas.”
Paul Williams: Member Networks Manager Institute of Physics
As well as others:
“Very engaging, I like how John practiced his techniques and provided examples.”
“Shifted my thinking about the role of a Chair”