How to Run a More Effective Meeting - 0 views
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Lara Cowell on 31 May 17Useful info for all collaborative activities. The 3 takeaways: 1. SET THE AGENDA The meeting's AGENDA can be summarized on a handout, written on a whiteboard or discussed explicitly at the outset, but everyone should know why they've gathered and what they're supposed to be accomplishing. The AGENDA provides a compass for the conversation, so the meeting can get back on track if the discussion wanders off course. 2. START ON TIME. END ON TIME. A definitive end time will help ensure that you accomplish what's on your AGENDA and get people back to their work promptly. 3. END WITH AN ACTION PLAN Leave the last few minutes of every meeting to discuss the next steps. This discussion should include deciding who is responsible for what, and what the deadlines are. Otherwise, all the time you spent on the meeting will be for naught. Mark Toro, managing partner of North American Properties - Atlanta, a real estate operating company, uses a phrase to end meetings that has become a common acronym in office e-mails: W.W.D.W.B.W., which stands for "Who will do what by when?"