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ISBN10: 0071596100 | ISBN13: 9780071596107

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RUN BUSINESS MEETINGS THAT ARE FOCUSED, PRODUCTIVE, AND BENEFICIAL TO YOUR ORGANIZATION 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 Find out how to neutralize time-wasting interpersonal conflicts Get tips on using technology to hold virtual meetings
Introduction: Make meetings effective
01 Use meetings smarterAccept mediocrity
02 Decide—to meet or notDon’t think, just meet
03 Set goals, choose meansGather, gavel, and go
04 Decide how to decideFlip a coin
05 Schedule Stay free and loose
06 Pick and prepareInvite everybody
07 Set the sceneSchedule and go
08 Assign rolesDo it all yourself
09 Start rightJump into the agenda
10 Agree on ground rules Forgo rules
11 Conduct the meetingGo with the flow
12 Inform and discussDecide quickly and act
13 Direct trafficChoose: control or chaos
14 Work with styles Treat people all the same
15 Get a decisionTalk the issue to death
16 Close the meetingStop and go
17 EvaluateBe glad it’s over
18 Provide minutesTrust memories and mouths
19 Work and improveSchedule and wait
20 Identify causesReady, fire, aim
21 Get lots of ideasGo with the first idea
22 Evaluate optionsFlip a coin
23 Decide and planPick an option and do it
24 Meet virtuallyMeet same time, same place
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