Book description
Turn meetings into the best part of your day with this actionable, step-by-step guide
Brainstorming meetings. Team meetings. Stakeholder meetings. Zoom meetings. Hybrid meetings. Most of us are part of more meetings than we can even count. And how many of these meetings are actually productive and valuable?
Running Effective Meetings For Dummies shows you how to plan, guide, and run a great meeting, whether you’re doing it face-to-face, fully virtual, or a combination of both. Authors Dr. Joseph Allen, industrial and organizational psychologist, and Emmy-award winning communications expert Karin Reed team up to walk you through the steps you need to take to make your next meeting your best one yet.
You’ll learn about:
- The different kinds of meetings and what each is supposed to accomplish
- How to prep for a great meeting and set the expectations of all the participants
- How to be an effective leader by guiding discussion during the actual meeting itself
- Effective follow-up and evaluation to keep your momentum and continually improve your meetings
Stop enduring meeting-fatigue and start making meetings the fun, productive, and engaging events they’re supposed to be. Grab a copy of Running Effective Meetings For Dummies today!
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Part 1: Understanding the Role of Meeting in Business
- Part 2: Setting Up for Success — What to do Before a Meeting
- Part 3: Facilitating an Effective Meeting — What to do During a Meeting
- Part 4: Making a Meeting Worthwhile — What to do after a Meeting
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Part 5: The Part of Tens
- Chapter 17: Ten Things to Say to Move a Meeting Along
- Chapter 18: Ten Alternatives to Meeting in a Conference Room
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Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Bolster Participation
- Assigning Agenda Items to Other Attendees
- Setting and Sticking to Ground Rules
- Making Multitasking a No-no
- Getting People to do Stuff … Regularly
- Reading the Room
- Cold Calling with Good Intention
- Fostering a Speak-up Environment
- Using Chat
- Encouraging Webcam Use for All Remote Attendees
- Asking for Help
- Index
- About the Authors
- Connect with Dummies
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Running Effective Meetings For Dummies
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2022
- Publisher(s): For Dummies
- ISBN: 9781119875703
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