a brief presentation on making meetings a more successful use of time in meeting business objectives.

1. Making Them Work for You Meetings…

3. Information-giving Types…

4. Information-getting Types…

5. Problem solving Types…

6. Attitude creating Types…

7. Training Types…

8. Planning… Is this meeting necessary? Ask yourself

9. Planning… Develop objectives

10. Planning… Choose participants

11. Planning… Prepare agenda

12. Planning… Notify participants

13. Planning… Plan Room and accommodations

14. Planning… Prepare materials

15. Planning… Conduct the meeting

16. Control… How to lead

17. C ontrol… C onvinced a meeting is necessary?

18. C o ntrol… O bjectives are clear

19. Co n trol… N avigate distractions

20. Con t rol… T ime management

21. Cont r ol… R esolve conflict

22. Contr o l… O utcome are measurable

23. Contro l … L ist actions

24. Losing control… What happens, and why?

25. Losing control… Meeting gets off topic

26. Losing control… Side conversations going on

27. Losing control… Distractions

28. Losing control… Arguments among participants

29. Losing control… Someone dominates the conversation

30. Participation What is your role?