The Meeting Sledgehammer
An agenda is part of a meeting’s building blocks. Distractions are a sledgehammer. I’m not talking about subjects that come up during meetings that aren’t on the agenda. These things are perfectly natural, as people discuss items. Sometimes, you want to put it in the...Follow-up meetings are important
I can hear you groaning all ready. ‘What’, you say, ‘it’s not bad enough I have one meeting, I have to set up the next meeting straight away?’ The answer is ‘Yes’. It’s quite simple, really. Meetings are NOT there to slow you down, or to make the person who called the...Using Meeting Minutes To Get Things Done
We’ve already explained how to write meetings minutes, and shown how to use the Meeting Minutes template. But how do you use those meeting minutes to get things done? Just to remind you – MeetingKing makes it extremely simple to write down the meeting minutes as...Meeting advice by Seth Godin
I love Seth Godin’s blog for the common sense approach to life and business matters. Today’s post is about meetings and worth reading http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2012/08/how-to-run-a-problem-solving-meeting.html.5 Reasons you’ll love your next meeting
Most people hate meetings. Many meetings are long, counter-productive, don’t get anywhere, and nothing gets done. But they aren’t supposed to be like that. Meetings should be to the point. Meetings should be about getting together the right people to make the right...Managing Sports Club Meetings
Meetings at sports clubs should be managed just like any other meeting, if they are to be effective. Whether it is a monthly meeting of the soccer club, the hockey club annual general meeting, or the baseball board meeting, all sports clubs meetings should be properly...Carrying out Job Interviews and How MeetingKing Can Help
Carrying out job interviews can be a challenge. It can be hard to make sure that you ask each candidate the same questions, while at the same making sure the conversation has a natural flow and feel. Hiring people is a costly exercise, and it is something that you...Tips for Effective Personnel Performance Review Meetings
Many employees and appraisers dread performance review meetings. They create paperwork and administration that has to be carried out on both sides. Also, for the appraiser, such meetings usually require the passing on of constructive feedback to employees, which can...A Meeting without an Agenda is like Shopping without a List
This weekend we finally had some great weather for a cook-out. So in between kids’ soccer games I decided to do some shopping. I did not have a list but I had been in the supermarket before, so how hard could it be. Well the result was as follows: I bought stuff...Productive meetings with less effort
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