http://www.tobyelwin.com/5-tips-to-manage-better-meetings/ organization talent, change, and leadership Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.tobyelwin.com/5-tips-to-manage-better-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-228 R Pope Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:50:00 +0000 http://www.tobyelwin.com/?p=518#comment-228 Toby, another very good post. It seems that we are going down the same path again. Meetings have become ships that set sail with no captain, no destination and no mission.My observations on meetings that align with yours:1. The structure and function: Everyone takes their own notes and comes away with their own conclusions. Have an agenda is the anchor of every meeting. A day after the meeting most people could not tell you what the key points were or the "big picture" purpose.2. The execution: People don't know how to meet, whether it’s a formal scheduled meeting or an ad hoc meeting people do not know how to conduct themselves at meetings. Interruptions, tangents and distractions are all common place.The structure of meetings will be a major part of my presentation <a href="http://2010.iasummit.org/talks/show/9762" rel="nofollow">Enterprise Information Architecture: IA Out of the Box</a> at the 2010 Information Architecture Summit. I will post more information as it becomes available. Toby, another very good post. It seems that we are going down the same path again. Meetings have become ships that set sail with no captain, no destination and no mission.My observations on meetings that align with yours:1. The structure and function: Everyone takes their own notes and comes away with their own conclusions. Have an agenda is the anchor of every meeting. A day after the meeting most people could not tell you what the key points were or the “big picture” purpose.2. The execution: People don’t know how to meet, whether it’s a formal scheduled meeting or an ad hoc meeting people do not know how to conduct themselves at meetings. Interruptions, tangents and distractions are all common place.The structure of meetings will be a major part of my presentation Enterprise Information Architecture: IA Out of the Box at the 2010 Information Architecture Summit. I will post more information as it becomes available.

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