Engaging and inclusive meetings

Why should you attend?

On average we spend approx 21 hours a week in meetings. They are an important arena for collaboration and decision-making, and at their best, they create value for both the participants and Aarhus University. 

To foster more inclusive discussions, it's essential to rethink meeting structures. Traditional meeting formats, such as the "popcorn model"—where participants contribute spontaneously—and the "round-robin" approach—where each person speaks in turn—often tends to favor extroverted individuals. 

By implementing new strategies/methods, meetings can become more engaging and productive, ensuring that a wider array of voices is heard and valued.

What will you learn?

This workshops is for all managers at Aarhus University including chair and vice chair of committees and will focus on:

• Practical tools for designing and planning meetings and workshops that contribute to ownership, inclusion and ensure decisions.
• Concrete involvement methods and good facilitation techniques to open and close meetings.
• The leader's role as a facilitator of inclusive processes and the art of balancing the leadership role with the facilitator role.
• Space to discuss and connect the conveyed methods to specific meetings or similar situations from your daily praxis.

Program for the day

We look forward to an active day where we together will be working on how your meetings can become even more inclusive and engaging.