If communication is the livelihood of any business, then meetings are the heart, mind, and soul. The place where we communicate our thoughts, sort them out, share our obsessions for better or worse, create original understandings and fresh directions. It is where agreements can take place or collapse, where plans are articulated and debated. Basically, it is where we engage with others. Meetings are essentially, people meeting with people. Almost all companies have business meetings as a standard part of accomplishing things. Even though people can communicate with one another in a work station in various ways, meetings are incredibly effective and efficient. A majority of everyone has experienced too many meetings that took up too much time and accomplished very little. Regrettably, this has happened so many times that one may find him or she becoming deadened to the fact that meetings are not as good as they should be. Meetings are essential for management and communication. Meetings that are run properly save time, increase productivity, motivation, and solve conflicts.
Conducting meetings is like working, so just like any other work activity, the more prepared one is for them, the better the results one can expect. Meetings can serve many purposes. Meetings are used to disburse information, for training, for workshops and many other reasons. "A clear understanding of objectives to be accomplished is essential to an effective meeting. Once the purpose is apparent, questions as to who will attend, and where (and when) the meeting will take place can be dealt with".
An agenda is a list of the topics to be covered during the course of a meeting. Agendas are a vital part in the triumph of any m ...