Re:I need a format for case conferences

1. As the group leader, be at the venue well before anyone else arrives. Make sure that your deputies are there early with you. Discuss the agenda & relevant issues.

2. Greet each participant personally & give them a copy of the meeting agenda & something else such as a report/case study to read & respond to later to keep them busy & SILENT [as much as possible] until the meeting begins. Be sure to tell each person what you are handing them & what to do... in a short sentence with a cheerful look on your face. Your deputies should assist with this. Don't worry that you are repeating the instructions to each & every person.

3. Make sure that the conference room is appropriately arranged with posters & charts up relevant to the work in progress. Be sure that you & you deputies are spread around the group to break up the them & us feeling.

4. Eliminate the 'small talk' & keep the group on task as much as possible. If absolutely necessary, ask 'difficult participants' to stay behind after a session for a brief discussion with you & your deputies to organise ways to give 'them' something extra to do.

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