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How to Work a Meeting | 7 Ideas to run productive meetings
Are you tired of sitting in unproductive and time wasting meetings? Well Christopher Scott was too!
Below are seven ideas you can use to create produtive and time efficient meetings.
7 Ideas to help you run effective meetings
- Start on time.
- Bring extra agendas, paper, and pens.
- Let everyone know what the purpose of the meeting is.
- Make sure one person is in charge of running the meeting.
- Give out the agenda for the meeting at least one day ahead of time.
- Never end the meeting until everyone's voice has been heard on all topics.
- Never leave a meeting until every person is clear on what is supposed to be done before the next meeting.
Start on Time
Start on Time
When you show up to a meeting on time and it starts late you don't feel compelled to attend the next meeting on time. Starting your meeting on time might seem simple, but it makes a big difference when you tell people the meeting starts at 2 PM, and you actually start at 2:10 PM.What you're doing is discouraging the attendees to not come to your next meeting on time.
Bring extra agendas, paper, and pens
If you had only three things you could bring to a meeting, what would you choose?My guess is you would like to have an agenda. That way to knew what the meeting was about. Some paper to take notes on for the things that you need to do as a result of the meeting. And you would need a pen so that you can write down ideas, notes, and to-dos on your paper.
Let everyone know khat the purpose of the meeting is
Make sure one person is in charge of running the meeting
Give out the agenda for the meeting at least one day ahead of time
One of the ways to make sure that you're team is prepared for your meeting is to give out the agenda at least one week ahead of time.Giving out your agenda one week before the meeting will remind participants of why they are attending, what they need to bring, and what they need to do before the meeting.
Books to help you implement these ideas
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- OhMe OhMe Oct 1, 2008 @ 10:16 am
- I attend several meetings per month and my pet peeve is to waste my time at an unproductive meeting. Great lens. 5* fav
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- MuddyLaBoue MuddyLaBoue Jan 8, 2008 @ 1:06 am
- Thanks for your visit... Did you know that one of the specializations from Berlitz English is called Meetings and Presentations? I'm using it this year with some of my English learners who are French.
By the way, what's this about Lens of the Day?! What I see is the one about making fudge.
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- PricePiece_Marketing PricePiece_Marketing Dec 18, 2007 @ 9:16 pm
- Great lens! 5 stars - Live Streaming Video
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- rockycha rockycha Dec 1, 2007 @ 10:09 am
- Excellent lens! high fives :)
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- Dec 1, 2007 @ 9:52 am
- Good job 5 stars from me!
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