7 myths about meetings
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Organizations can't do without meetings but they can't do with too many meetings either. Raise questions about your current meeting process and see if you can make them more efficient!TRANSCRIPT
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7 MYTHS ABOUT MEETINGS- Busted -
A Melissa J Choo presentation
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#1 Meetings are NECESSARY
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THE FACTMeetings incur hourly COSTS to the organization
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But we often FAIL TO QUESTIONAre those issues which cannot be handled effectively outside a meeting? Will the meeting add value?
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#2 A ROUGH AGENDA will suffice
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What’s the PURPOSE of the meeting?
Brainstorm?
Solve problems?
Make decisions?
BUT
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What do you want to ACHIEVE at the end of the meeting?
Great ideas?
Solutions to problems?
Decisions?
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#3 Meetings should try to cover as MANY TOPICS as possible
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Instead of frantically LISTING meeting topics..
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Start with a CLEAR SCOPE
LIMIT agenda items Focus on achieving a
CLEAR OUTCOME
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#4 LONGER but less frequent meetings are more effective
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This leads to INFORMATION OVERLOAD.People work more effectively over short periods of time.
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Plan SMALL MEETINGS that focus on
one or two issues.This allows you to match experts
with issues for more productive
meetings.
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#5 There is no time for THOROUGH PREPARATION
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People are TOO BUSY meeting OTHER DEADLINES. Preparation for meetings becomes a lower priority.
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Nonetheless, BUY-IN comes from a convincing pitch.People expect to be IMPRESSED.
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If presenting at a meeting, REHEARSE BEFOREHAND.
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TEST YOUR DEMO more than once. If you discover FUNCTIONAL GLITCHES..
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There’s time to FIX IT
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In addition..Always have a BACK-UP PLAN..
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Especially one that is equally likely to
IMPRESS
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#6 Answer questions SPONTANEOUSLY
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You’ll want to avoid the embarrassment of not having the answers or appearing DUMBSTRUCK
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ANTICIPATE questions,PREPARE the answers &ANSWER with FINESSE
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#7 Going through MINUTES is unnecessary
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Minutes TRACK action items, RECORD decisions & INFORM others
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They can be an important point of REFERENCE..
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RECORD KEY IDEAS, AGREEMENTS &ACTION POINTS
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Go through FINAL MEETING MINUTES & COMPARE what was written to what you have
recorded
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Check that all ACTION POINTS & TASK LIST with people responsible & timelines are
accurate
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A Melissa J Choo presentation