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Please ensure that your team are aware of your attendance at this event and you have delegated a person to act as your deputy. Laptops will not be permitted in the training itself although there will be several breaks and lunchtime to attend to more urgent matters.
Session Aim
The This meeting will build on the first two MPiViT sessions and aims to enhance your skills and knowledge in order to strengthen the communication and project management within your teams, leading to greater levels of efficiency, effectiveness and motivation. It also aims to build even stronger relationship across the community and encourage a coaching culture and the sharing of best practice in relation to managing people, running effective team meetings, managing performance, coaching and motivation.
The emphasis is on motivation and coaching to drive performance. prior sessions within MPiViT to develop and strengthen participants' skills in managing virtual teams. In particular, it will focus on skills ... knowledge ... experience ... practices ...
Delivery
The Session 3 will be delivered as face to face Workshop in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The workshop is designed in an interactive style, so please be prepared to take active part. highly interactive, with input, group discussions and practical exercises delivered using accelerated learning techniques.
Registration
There are two workshops for us to 12 participants, planned for:
Cohort AB: November 3-4, 2015
Cohort CD: November 5-6,2015
Registration is at The workshop size is around 15 participants. There are two rounds of workshop scheduled, therefore they require prior registration. More information regarding registration can be found here Managing People in Virtual Teams (MPiViT)
Ensure you registered for your cohort's workshop.
Venue
.... Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Program Overview
Ramada Apollo Amsterdam Centre
Staalmeesterslaan 410
1057 PH Amsterdam
Netherlands
T: +31 (0)20 570 5372
The directions to the venue can be found here http://www.ramada-amsterdam.com/en/about-us/route
Please, note that the shuttle operates between the venue and Schiphol Airport at the price of € 5 per person. The schedule can be found under the link above, directions to the venue.
Program Overview
Pre Evening Arrival
Please arrive at a time to suit your travel plans and eat at your leisure. We meet in the morning at 9.00am.
Day 1 Day 1: 09.00 – 17.30 CEST (Group Dinner in the evening)
Pre-dinner Drinks in the Hotel Bar at 19.00 followed by Dinner in the Hotel at 19.30
Dinner is an important part of the team building and networking purpose of this workshop.
Day 2 Day 2 09.00 – 15.30 CEST
Please book transfers and transport to enable you to leave only after 15.30 so that we are all able to be there for the close and au-revoirs.
Program Overview
Day 1
Welcome & Introductions & Virtual Meetings Learning Review
The Knowledge Economy, GN4 Strategy & the Role of L&D
Motivation for Enhancing Performance
Coaching to Enhance Performance
Day 2
Preparation
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Materials
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Review of Key Learnings from Day 1
GROW Coaching Practical Exercises x 5
Learning Review
Preparation
Please, ensure that your team are aware of your attendance at this event and you have delegated a person to act as your deputy. Note that use of laptops is restricted to breaks and lunchtime to enable you to focus on the workshop.
Also think about individuals in your teams who are maybe not as motivated as they could be in your view and those whom you think might benefit from some coaching. Your reflections will be useful for when we come to the practical exercises.
Funding for Workshop/ Session 3
Please note: As long as you are an official GEANT Project Partner, NA1 T7 (Training) will cover your travel and accommodation expenses to attend this face to face event. These costs should be claimed through the normal channels in the monthly cost claims, marked as 'NA1T7MPIVIT' if possible. We cannot cover the manpower (hours) to attend the event, so you should get the agreement of your Activity Leader for this element. The cost indications below are the approximate amounts we have budgeted per person for this, so if you feel you will have an issue with that please contact us.
Hotel: 150 (per night)
Flight: 250 (return)
Accommodation Advice
Ramada Apollo Amsterdam Centre offers a number of rooms, but it is advisable to make a booking asap.
There are several accommodation options that are close to the Workshop Venue.alternative options in the neighbourhood. Some of them include:
http://www.florishotelshoteldehallen.com/holland-hotels/amsterdam-hotels/floris-france-hotel-amsterdamen
http://www.ibisgrandhoteldowntown.com/en/hotel-9137-ibis-styles-amsterdam-central-station/index.shtml
http://www.rembrandtpleinhotel.nl/pages_gb/accomodation.html
The overall accommodation budget for a night is 150 Euro (per night)
Prior Materials
There are some materials which will be made available during Session 1, but you can also grab them now so you can do some pre-reading.You have already had access to the Virtual Meetings materials. However, here they are again:
The GÉANT Virtual Team Meetings Best Practice Guide is an A4 printable document which goes into some detail about things to think about when you are organising or facilitating Virtual Team Meetings.
The GÉANT Virtual Team Meetings BPG Workaid (pdf) is a one page A5 table top work aid, a checklist of things to consider when organising Virtual Team Meetings.
The MPiViT Survey Results (pdf) is a round up of the results from our pre-course survey, where we asked the community for their feedback on how Virtual Team Meetings are run today.
The Team Communication Plan Top Tips Guide (pdf) is a short version of highlights of things to consider when creating your Team Communication Plan (TCP)
MPiViT-360Q-handout.pdf is a one page overview of what a 360 degree questionnaire is all about.
Team Communication Plan exemplars
Example Files: MPiViT-TCP-example-welcome.docx
Example Files: MPiViT-TCP-meeting-invite.docx
Example Files: MPiViT-TCP-meeting-notes-and-actions.docx
In addition there are three new documents:
GEANT People and Support Processes GEANT People, Process, Performance framework.docx
GROW Coaching GEANT GROW Coaching 290915.docx
Situational Leadership GEANT Situational Leadership Diagram & Summary.docx