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What if everyone could lead a great meeting?

We make meetings engaging, inclusive and productive through meeting skills training and facilitation services for professionals and organizations.

We remove the fluff and focus on quick, easy and tangible techniques for tackling complex problems.

We make meetings work.

When it comes to building a successful team or organization, meeting your goals or making a change, it all starts with how we meet. No one teaches us how to participate in a meeting, let alone lead one.

We work with you as facilitators to make meetings inclusive, engaging, and productive and provide training and resources so you too can lead meetings with confidence.

Better meetings make better teams.

MeetingMakers is your partner in facilitating meetings with tangible outcomes and lasting impact. Better meetings create better teams that achieve sustainable results and create healthy organizational cultures.

Our services are designed to:

  • Equip leaders to empower teams and lead through complexity and chaos.

  • Create space for innovation and forward-thinking.

  • Prepare your team for effective daily and weekly meetings.

  • Improve annual retreats to have a lasting impact.

We work with professionals, teams, and organizations with a desire to meet more effectively and reach their goals.

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Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity Logo
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American Medical Association

Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Virginia Tech Interior Design Advisory Board

Nemours Foundation

American Medical Association ● Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics ● Virginia Tech Interior Design Advisory Board ● Nemours Foundation ●

Our Services

We specialize in working with healthcare associations, research institutions, non-profits and advocacy groups, and higher education.

In-House Workshops

For teams and organizations who want to make meeting skills a core competency, our in-house workshops can be customized to your unique meeting needs and timing restraints.

Meeting Coaching

Facilitation and meeting skills are life skills. We offer one-on-one sessions with a certified coach and meeting expert who will partner with you to design your meeting and/or prepare you to facilitate with confidence.

Expert Facilitation

Our team of expert facilitators use leading practices in whole-systems and human-centered approaches to design meetings to achieve your desired outcomes. We offer both off-the-shelf and customized agendas.

Ready to make your meetings work?

Become a MeetingMaker

Start your journey to better meetings with our MeetingMakers Community and free resources:

  • Join the MeetingMakers Community on Facebook to join the discussion, ask questions and get feedback.

  • Listen to This Meeting Sucks, the podcast on a mission to end sucky meetings one episode at a time.

  • Follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn for quick tips and to be the first to access new resources and workshops.

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