Meetings

This article breaks down the most important elements of an agenda, goes over the steps you should follow when creating one, and ends with some samples and a free agenda template.

This resource discusses several things to prevent and or derail the rehashing of previous decisions.

People are quiet in meetings for different reasons. Some people are reticent by nature. Others are fearful that their opinions will be ridiculed and dismissed. Some are not comfortable speaking if they don't know for sure who everyone is. Some don't care. This article discusses some strategies the group leader or chair can take to engage everyone.

This audio clip describes some techniques and strategies in handling dominant participant in meetings.

This article talks about what makes a meeting effective. The article discusses how if you structure your meeting planning, preparation, execution, and follow up around three basic criteria, the result will be an effective meeting.

This article includes tips for designing an effective agenda for your next meeting, with a sample agenda and template. You can use these tips whether a meeting lasts an hour or three days and whether you’re meeting with a group of five or forty.

This video describes meeting roles and responsibilities.

This is a list of 10 proven meeting rules. In addition to having a meeting agenda that guides meeting participants towards accomplishing the meeting goals, participants of productive meetings have a clear understanding of what is expected of them to best support this process. This is where meeting ground rules come in to play.