Improve Your Meetings
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Tired of boring, frustrating and unproductive meetings? Stop struggling to lead better meetings Stop letting bad meetings delay your progress Start getting better results |
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Lead meetings, workshops and events with skill and confidence! Collaborate and make a difference Be seen and recognized as a leader Advance your career |
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I'm Barb Bickford, founder of Improve Your Meetings. As a former staff scientist in the public sector, I saw how... -- poorly-led meetings led to bored and poor results In turn, these meetings... -- created unnecessary stress, To be honest, when I was young, I led some pretty awful meetings and I felt like an imposter as a leader. I knew there had to be a better way, and that drove me to find alternatives. As I improved my meetings, I gained confidence and was given more responsibility. In time, I grew to be well-known for helping people to work together on challenging and emerging issues. Now I help people like you transform their meetings and their personal leadership too. |
What the lack of effective collaboration
is doing to your mission, your team and yourself
-- just isn't right!
Are you ready... ...to be seen and respected as a leader? ...to get more done in less time? ...to advance your career? ...to find more purpose in your work? ...to help your team work together better? |
How we help you improve your meetings
Our courses, workshops and retreats will support you both as a leader and as a person.
You will learn skills and attitudes that will help you
improve things that are integral to running effective meetings, including:
-- Who you are (your values, skills and attitudes) -- What you're doing (your goals and tasks) -- How you're doing it (the meeting activities you lead) -- Where you are (your context) and -- Who you're working with (your group). |
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"Barb brings a unique and effective set of skills and
enthusiasm to any project she tackles.
No matter what the challenge, you can always count on Barb to deliver!"
-- Steve Brachman, waste management specialist,
retired, University of Wisconsin Extension
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Photo credits: Darin Harris, Barb Bickford
Consulting Services for Organizations
We also design and lead collaborative and engaging meetings,
retreats and workshops for groups and organizations.
Want something tailored to a situation or group?
Want to learn more about our consulting services?