Learn how to use Robert’s Rules to provide structure, fairness, and order for your meetings.
Learn how to use Robert’s Rules to provide structure, fairness, and order for your meetings.
What you’ll learn
- List the foundational principles of Robert’s Rules of Order.
- Discuss the benefits of using Robert’s Rules of Order in meetings.
- Define key terms used in Robert’s Rules of Order.
- Outline the roles and responsibilities of meeting participants..
- Identify the significance of the chairperson’s role in facilitating effective meetings.
- Discuss the importance of setting clear meeting objectives.
- Create effective meeting agendas that align with Robert’s Rules of Order.
- Explain how to get recognition from the chair to speak.
- Describe the language used when making a motion.
- Describe voting methods and the appropriate use of each.
- Outline the uses for specific types of motions.
Course Content
- Before the Meeting –> 4 lectures • 20min.
- Conducting Meetings –> 3 lectures • 15min.
Requirements
Learn how to use Robert’s Rules to provide structure, fairness, and order for your meetings.
In this Bigger Brains course, you’ll be introduced to the language of parliamentary procedure and learn information essential for conducting meetings according to Robert’s Rules of Order. You’ll learn the key parliamentary roles and the responsibilities of each, how to organize your meeting, and how to create an effective agenda so the meeting accomplishes its purpose.
You’ll also learn specific rules for speaking and voting and how to contribute to discussions. You’ll be able to make motions and address the chair using the appropriate words and phrases. You’ll also learn specific types of votes and how voting is conducted.
Knowing how to navigate the procedures and speaking using Robert’s Rules of Order is a valuable skill which will enable you to participate confidently and effectively in meetings.
Topics covered include:
- Listing the foundational principles of Robert’s Rules of Order
- Discussing the benefits of using Robert’s Rules of Order in meetings
- Defining key terms used in Robert’s Rules of Order
- Outlining the roles and responsibilities of meeting participants.
- Identifying the significance of the chairperson’s role in facilitating effective meetings.
- Discussing the importance of setting clear meeting objectives
- Creating effective meeting agendas that align with Robert’s Rules of Order
- Explaining how to get recognition from the chair to speak
- Describing the language used when making a motion
- Describing voting methods and the appropriate use of each
- Outlining the uses for specific types of motions
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