How to conduct an effective meeting
Exercise #7
Watch the video presentation and finish off the following sentences:
1. Don’t have a meeting unless purpose for the meeting.
a. Set objectives – what’s the meeting for.
2. Do you want decisions, actions, and feedback. What do you want to achieve by end of it.
3. Provide an agenda before the meeting. People could be allocate topics to prepare beforehand to get them involved.
And prioritize the list of to do to prioritize be the people. Keep the agenda short and make sure that every items has a purpose.
4. Set times for each topic and stick to them. Close the
Discussion when the time up
5. Start and end on time. Don’t wait around for people who are late. They assume that the meetings always start late. And don’t let the meeting drag on after finish time.
6. Capture action points. Make sure that every topic has been discussed, that everyone is clear what needs to be done, and who’s going to do it.
Circulate a summary after the meeting. If there are no action points, then what was the purpose of the meeting?
