Top 13 Tips For Effective Meetings

Spend too much time in poorly facilitated / pointless / annoying as anything meetings? Follow these tips and at least you won't be that guy running the horrible meeting.

Posted on November 03, 2014, 22:30 GMT

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1. Plan, plan, plan

2. Think about who's in the room

3. Develop a good agenda

4. Know what type of meeting it is

5. Establish clear roles

6. Ace the meeting before the meeting...the pre-game

7. Be smart about visual aids

8. Consider logistics...they matter

9. Preempt trouble

10. Facilitate from anywhere and any role

11. Listening is an important role

12. Name what's happening

13. Follow up in the postgame

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