1. MEETINGS

2. Types of meetings

3. and…

4. How was the meeting?

5. The role of the chairperson

6. During the meeting

8. Follow-up

9. Opening the meeting

11. Inviting people to speak

12. Asking for one person’s opinion

13. Asking for everyone’s opinion So, what the general feeling on this?

14. Making your point

16. Other ways of making your points include:

17. Discussion without an argument

19. Agreeing

20. Mild agreement

21. Disagreeing

22. Strong disagreement

23. Hedging

24. Checking understanding, interrupting and referring back

27. Agreement, consensus or compromise? Hilary Rhodes is talking about how to deal with agreements and disagreements: ‘It maybe possible to reach agreement or to reach an agreement about something, or at least come to a consensus: something most people agree with. It maybe possible to find a compromise or compromise: an agreement where people accept less than they wanted at first. Or perhaps the differences are so great that there will just be disagreement. Something in particular disagree about is a disagreement.

28. Concluding