How to have a meeting
Stumble It!I had a great chat on the good, the bad and the ugly of organizational meetings with Phil Daoust of The Guardian newspaper as part of a excellent in-depth article which appeared today in G2 (April 23) entitled "How to have a meeting". Here are the online links to it:
So you want to call a meeting ...Eight things to consider before you hold a meeting
And here are 3 of the articles on meetings we discussed:
1. Five tips for a perfect meeting
2. Conference Calls: Twelve Golden Rules
3. Run better meetings with Roberts Rules 1896
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An absolutely great posting and article.
It made me smile for the first time in ages.
Hi Alec
Thanks for the comment and spotting the date typo. You and I both know only too well the kind of meetings described.
Best Regards
KEN
Hi Ken,
Great post. Some great advice - I'm going to go read the stuff again!
Darryl
thank you
I think this type of experiences should no longer happen, because it seems so stupid..