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Who are ARC - Who Helped Us - Skills Needed for Formal Meetings - Ten Top Tips for Making Meetings Accessible

Skills Needed for Formal Meetings

Meeting

We need to learn lots of skills to take part in meetings

 

Here are some of the skills which supporters felt were needed to take part in formal meetings:

Communication skills
Social skills
Understanding the ground rules
Understanding the order of things – agenda
Reading skills
Listening
Taking turns
Concentrating
Keeping to the subject
Thinking
Confidence
Patience
Tact and diplomacy


  



Helping people to understand
Speaking up for others
Note taking
Speaking clearly
Projecting your voice
Using the right tone and volume
Knowing how to ask questions and when
Computers skills
PowerPoint skills
Respecting each others views
Understanding confidentiality
Non-verbal communication:
Body language
Eye contact
Study 2 With such a long list of things to learn, no wonder formal meetings are difficult for many people!

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