Objectives of the Session
   By the end of the session, participants will be 
   able to:
        Identify common cluster coordination meeting challenges
        Identify tips and tools for improving coordination meeting 
        management and facilitation
        Describe actions to take before, during and after cluster 
        meetings to ensure their effectiveness
        List three alternatives to meetings and when it would be 
        appropriate to use them
        Describe how to build consensus in the context of cluster 
        coordination.
        To list key tips for resolving conflict and handling impasse.
         Challenges
   Participation in clusters has come to mean
    attending (often poorly managed) meetings
    But meetings should be thought of as a 
        part of a process…
   That leads to more and better outcomes for 
         affected people
     Group work:  Key tips for effective and 
             participatory meetings
     • BEFORE:                        • DURING:
      • Key actions                 • Key actions
                                    • Facilitation 
                  Group    Group          Skills
                    1        2
                  Group    Group 
                    3        4
     • AFTER:                      • Alternatives 
      • Key actions                  to meetings 
                                     and when to 
                                     use
     Before: Preparation
  Why: Clear objectives
  What:Clear agenda
  Who: Right people? Anticipate issues?
  Where: Choice? Layout? Seating?
  When: Best time? Enough time?
  How: Engage all? Translation? Clarify?
    Meeting Management Resources
        GNC IM Toolkit
  Meeting Agenda 
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