Plan and Conduct Effective Meetings: 24 Steps To Generate Meaningful Results (The Mcgraw-Hill Professional Education Series) - Softcover

Streibel, Barbara

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9780071498319: Plan and Conduct Effective Meetings: 24 Steps To Generate Meaningful Results (The Mcgraw-Hill Professional Education Series)

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ISBN 10: 0071498311 ISBN 13: 9780071498319

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2007

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RUN BUSINESS MEETINGS THAT ARE FOCUSED, PRODUCTIVE, AND BENEFICIAL TO YOUR ORGANIZATION

In business, meetings are necessary but not always efficient. But by using the principles in Plan and Conduct Effective Meetings, you'll discover 24 easy-to-implement techniques geared to make your meetings more productive than ever before.

This step-by-step guide goes straight to the heart of meeting planning and facilitating, explaining why meetings go wrong and what to do about it. You'll learn to conduct meetings that stay sharply focused; turn participants into valuable contributors; and make decisions that result in actionable tasks. This guide also discusses video- and teleconferencing, so you can use those powerful technologies to your advantage, too. Plus, you'll:

Discover how preparation can guarantee meeting success
Learn to begin each meeting with a purpose and end with an accomplishment
Understand each participant's role, to increase productivity
Discover how to deal with problems during meetings Get tips on using technology to hold virtual meetings

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Every manager wants to run meetings that don't waste time and help people perform their responsibilities effectively. This guide shows you how to turn each meeting into an open exchange of ideas that drives the organization forward. It explains why meetings go wrong, how to conduct meetings that stay focused, and the roles of meeting participants.

Synopsis:

Every manager wants to run meetings that don't waste time and help people perform their responsibilities more effectively. This action-oriented guide shows you how to turn each meeting into an open exchange of ideas that drives the organization forward. It explains why meetings go wrong, how to conduct meetings that stay focused, the roles of meeting participants, decision-making techniques and ways to close and follow-up.

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