Online Courses
Creating a Meeting Agenda (36 minutes)
Agendas are the most important thing for an effective meeting, and yet they aren't paid much attention. People aren't trained on creating agendas; they just sort of happen, and often they are done really badly. In this short course, management trainer Chris Croft shows how to build your own agenda and circulate it for ideas and distribution. He explains when to send it, who to send it to, and what factors should be considered in any worthwhile agenda.
Leading Productive Meetings (1 hour)
Feel like you're having too many meetings? Wonder if they're as effective as they could be? In this course, productivity expert Dave Crenshaw demonstrates a simple, usable framework that can help you get the most from your meetings—whether in person or virtual—by turning them into productive avenues for communicating, connecting, and accomplishing real work. Dave provides insight into how to effectively schedule, conduct, and follow up on meetings with minimum time and maximum results.
Leading Virtual Meetings (31 minutes)
Leading virtual meetings is a critical competency for leaders who manage a remote or blended team. Join leadership and management expert Kevin Eikenberry as he identifies the challenges to holding a productive meeting online, and shares tactics for making these meetings successful. Learn about how to choose the right platform, set expectations for conduct, clarify roles, create a great agenda, and more.
Books
The Effective Meeting Agenda: How to organize and cover all your meeting agenda contents completely.
Author: Rita L Spears
Summary: Effective Agenda Meetings Immediately Are you tired in sitting in ineffective agenda meetings? Do you want to improve the effectiveness of the agenda meetings you attend? Then you need The Effective Meeting Agenda books! Cover all the meeting titles record important decisions and action items during your meetings. Track this information in a manner that is easy to return to validate decisions and confirm responsibilities. This is a great book to help you get the most out of your meetings agenda. The Meeting agenda books provides a powerful look at the strategic, operations, and tactical activities to manage your duty-of-care responsibilities and prepare for the chaos that may occur in times of crisis.
How to Do an Agenda: The Quickie Guide (The Quickie Guides Book 1)
Author: Cat McEwan
Summary: Have you been asked to do an agenda for an upcoming meeting and have no idea what you need to record? You’ll find everything you need to know in this mini-ebook…
Did you know you have to make sure everyone knows the audience, and what department they are from? Did you know that any guests or apologies should be noted? If not then this is the ebook for you. Within these pages are step by step details of how to set up the agenda, what to include and how to include it. Find out how to ensure everyone gets the most out of your agenda by distributing it correctly. Discover how to accurately record discussion points, how to prepare for the meeting, and what communication is needed before and after the meeting. The point of an agenda is to ensure everyone understands the objective of the meeting and is clear about what should be achieved. How many meetings have you sat through where you have come out wondering whether anything has actually been decided? Or you have wondered whether the last hour to two hours has been a complete waste of time.
Author: JH Hood
Summary: In this revised and enlarged Second Edition you will find the information you need to run:
An informal meeting a formal meeting using “Robert’s Rules ”
A community meeting
A virtual meeting
Includes templates and examples of Agendas and Minutes, checklists to guide you through each step of a meeting, how to decide whether there should be meeting, how to set up the agenda, The importance of setting timeframes in the agenda—and sticking to them, how to make sure that time is not wasted and the important items are covered how to chair the meeting how formal meeting procedures work, How to use the 80:20 Rule to stop time wasters and make sure focus on the right topics and how to deal with difficult people.
Quick Guides & One-Pagers
Stay organized and on top of your meetings with this simple, yet effective structured notebook. With dedicated columns for date, time, location, address, and meeting duration on each page, you can easily keep track of all your appointments and stay on schedule.
This notebook is perfect for anyone who wants a no-frills approach to meeting management. Its straightforward design allows you to quickly jot down important details for each meeting, so you can focus on the task at hand.
Whether you're a busy professional who needs to stay on top of multiple appointments each day, or simply looking for a way to stay organized in your personal life, this notebook is an indispensable tool.
Meeting agenda: Meeting agenda
Whether you're a seasoned executive, an ambitious entrepreneur, or someone who wants to maximize the efficiency of every discussion, "Meeting Agenda" is designed for you. Elevate your conversations and turn ideas into actions with our thoughtfully crafted notebook.
Structured Layout: Organized sections for agenda setting, attendee tracking, and action item assignments.
Reflect & Review: Dedicated spaces for post-meeting reflections and follow-up tasks to ensure nothing slips through the cracks.
Durable Design: Crafted with high-quality paper that resists ink bleed-through, coupled with a sturdy cover to withstand daily wear and tear.
Convenient Size: Perfectly portable and designed to fit comfortably in handbags, briefcases, or backpacks.
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