Plan and Conduct Effective Meetings: 24 Steps to Generate Meaningful Results

  • 40m
  • Barbara J. Streibel
  • McGraw-Hill
  • 2007

In business, meetings are necessary but not always efficient. But by using the principles in Plan and Conduct Effective Meetings, you'll discover 24 easy-to-implement techniques geared to make your meetings more productive than ever before.

This step-by-step guide goes straight to the heart of meeting planning and facilitating, explaining why meetings go wrong and what to do about it. You'll learn to conduct meetings that stay sharply focused; turn participants into valuable contributors; and make decisions that result in actionable tasks. This guide also discusses video- and teleconferencing, so you can use those powerful technologies to your advantage, too. Plus, you'll:

  • Discover how preparation can guarantee meeting success
  • Learn to begin each meeting with a purpose and end with an accomplishment
  • Understand each participant's role, to increase productivity
  • Discover how to deal with problems during meetings
  • Get tips on using technology to hold virtual meetings

About the Author

Barbara J. Streibel, Ph.D., is a consultant and manager of intellectual capital development at Oriel, Inc., where she is the lead developer of a number of highly regarded management training programs.

In this Book

  • Plan and Conduct Effective Meetings─24 Steps to Generate Meaningful Results
  • Make Meetings Effective
  • Use Meetings Smarter─Accept Mediocrity
  • Decide—To Meet or Not─Don’t Think, Just Meet
  • Set Goals, Choose Means─Gather, Gavel, and Go
  • Decide How to Decide─Flip A Coin
  • Schedule─Stay Free and Loose
  • Pick and Prepare─Invite Everybody
  • Set the Scene─Schedule and Go
  • Assign Roles─Do It All Yourself
  • Start Right─Jump into the Agenda
  • Agree On Ground Rules─Forgo Rules
  • Conduct the Meeting─Go with the Flow
  • Inform and Discuss─Decide Quickly and Act
  • Direct Traffic─Choose Control or Chaos
  • Work With Styles─Treat All People the Same
  • Get a Decision─Talk the Issue to Death
  • Close the Meeting─Stop and Go
  • Evaluate─Be Glad It’s Over
  • Provide Minutes─Trust Memories and Mouths
  • Work and Improve─Schedule and Wait
  • Identify Causes─Ready, Fire, Aim
  • Get Lots of Ideas─Go With the First Idea
  • Evaluate Options─Flip another Coin
  • Decide and Plan─Pick an Option and Do It
  • Meet Virtually─Meet Same Time, Same Place
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