OPENING A

MEETING
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EF for adults
Warm up!
• When was the last time you lead a
meeting?  

• What was it about?

• What is the most challenging as the

leader of a meeting?
Refl ecting back on any meeting you have attended

1. How did the Leader lead the

meeting?

2. Was it an eff ective meeting or not?

3. What makes it eff ective or NOT

eff ective?
OPENING A
MEETING
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EF for adults
Decide the best order for the actions.

Empower – Describe the role of participants

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and what they will contribute.

4 Involve – Get the participants taking part with a

question or small task.

1 Inform – Tell the participants about the purpose

and outcome of the meeting.

Excite – Make the participants feel the meeting

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is important to them. In this lesson you will learn
how to use the IEEI model.