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Examples of
Purposes
1. Solve a problem
2. Need a decision
3. Need a plan
4. Important news
5. Launching something new
The Beginning
• Set the stage
• Make sure everyboy knows about
the purpose
• Mentally prepare the audience for
action
The Middle (Stay in Control)
• Doing what you came to do
• Consumes easily 80% of the time
• Make decisions
• Solve problems
• Generate ideas
• Provide information
• Gather data
• Act heroically!!!
The End
• 5 min cool down & summerize
• Everyone‘s clear what has
happend
• Everyone‘s clear about the actions
• Leave a positive feeling
For yourself
=> evaluate what worked and what did not work!
Other keys to success
• Be assertive, not aggressive
• Ask for other people’s ideas
• Build on them
• Offer your ideas
• Construct the solution for everyone’s
needs.
• Encourage further dialogue
I, (Your Name), do solemnly
swear that I will only call a
meeting if I have a clear and
meaningful reason for doing so,
and other equally effective and
less expensive methods of
reaching any goals are not
available to me.
Take the Pledge!!
Some Features……
You can invite anybody who has
a greenhouse account
Connect meetings into a
MeetingChain
Some Features……
Meeting ToDo‘s become
Activities in IBM Connection
Time Progress Bar‘s
for the meeting plan
Completed agenda
items
Click on any of those
Blog articles to find
valuable informations
about meetings =>
Act heroically => Meetings need
hero‘s
3 Reasons to accept the challenge
• Altruism
• Your happiness
• Your career