The value of this workshop is to provide information, skills and guidance to delegates who may be appointed or elected to chair meetings and to enable all delegates to understand what the chairman is doing, and why he or she is doing it. Indeed, all delegates who wish to influence the outcome of a meeting need to work with and through the chairman and support the chairman’s efforts. In short, meetings require strong and able chairmen as well as supportive and cooperative delegates to be effective and successful.

In order to make this training workshop as interactive as possible, simulations and role-playing are used and discussed. Participants are asked to reflect upon and describe good practices for chairing.