Overview
Do you dread serving as the staff liaison to one or more volunteer committees? Are the meetings usually ineffective, resulting in little to no actual outcomes? Join us to explore essential meeting management strategies tailored for staff liaisons working with volunteer committee leaders. Learn how to cultivate effective collaboration and teamwork by understanding and articulating committee goals, metrics, timelines, and roles/responsibilities. Discover key design strategies for structuring productive committee meetings, including agenda development and minute-taking for accountability. Explore tips, tricks, and techniques to facilitate meaningful participation and decision-making both during and following committee meetings. Additionally, identify tools and best practices for optimizing virtual committee meetings to engage remote participants effectively. By the end of this session, you'll be equipped with actionable insights to unlock your committee's full potential and drive impactful outcomes.
Key Takeaways
Explore the relationship between staff liaisons and volunteer committee leaders to cultivate collaboration and teamwork.
Identify and clearly articulate committee goals, metrics, timelines, and roles/responsibilities.
Understand key strategies for structuring committee meeting agendas/minutes to maximize productivity and accountability.
Explore techniques to facilitate meaningful participation and decision-making within committees.
Identify tools and practices for optimizing virtual committee meetings and promoting engagement among remote participants.
Who Should Attend?
This webinar is designed for anyone who plays a role in supporting or engaging with volunteer committees and boards. Whether you’re a staff liaison responsible for facilitating committee work, an association professional managing volunteer relationships, or a volunteer leader looking to enhance your committee’s effectiveness, this session is for you. If you’ve ever struggled with disengaged volunteers, unclear committee objectives, or meetings that feel unproductive, this session will provide you with the strategies and tools to foster collaboration, drive action, and maximize impact.
Why Attend?
Effective committee meetings don’t happen by chance—they require thoughtful design, clear communication, and strategic facilitation. As a staff liaison, you have the power to transform committee meetings from frustrating and fruitless to engaging and results-driven. This session goes beyond basic meeting management tips and dives into the core strategies that will help you build stronger partnerships with volunteer leaders, structure meetings for real impact, and ensure that every committee discussion leads to meaningful outcomes. Whether you're looking to revamp your approach or refine your current strategies, you'll leave equipped with practical, actionable techniques to unlock your committee’s full potential.
Technology
This webinar will be held using Zoom. It is recommended that you login via a laptop/computer, instead of a tablet, smartphone, or other electronic device, for an optimal learning experience.
Engagement
Due to the anticipated number of participants, many engagement features like video and audio will be turned off during this session; however, participants may submit questions at any time using the Zoom navigation bar.
Accessibility
Captions will be enabled for this session, but should you require any additional accommodations to fully participate please email us.
Continuing Education
Event Garde is a CAE Registered Provider. This program meets the requirements for fulfilling the professional development requirements to earn or maintain the Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential. Every program that we offer that has been approved for CAE credit will clearly identify the number of CAE credits granted for full participation. We will maintain records of your participation in accordance with CAE policies. For more information about the CAE credential or Registered Provider program, please visit www.asaecenter.org/cae.
As a CAE Registered Provider educational program related to the CAE exam content outline, this program may be applied for 1 credit toward your CAE application or renewal professional development requirements.
Note: Applicants may use any program that meets eligibility requirements in the specific timeframe towards the exam application or renewal. There are no specific individual courses required as part of the applications – the selection of eligible education is up to the applicant based on their needs.
