Comments on: Make Your Meetings 60% More Effective http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/ Software product success. Tue, 22 May 2012 20:46:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: internet marketing http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/comment-page-1/#comment-879916 internet marketing Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:47:09 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/#comment-879916 <strong>internet marketing...</strong> [...]Make Your Meetings 60% More Effective | Tyner Blain[...]... internet marketing…

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]]> By: raymond http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/comment-page-1/#comment-784727 raymond Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:04:26 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/#comment-784727 Planning of time and effective time management is indeed an important aspect of day to day business deals & projects. However, its not that easy as it seems to be especially in large corporations where there are many time wasters. Yes, I agree before planning a meeting, the points mentioned should be decided as to effectively manage the meeting time. Planning of time and effective time management is indeed an important aspect of day to day business deals & projects. However, its not that easy as it seems to be especially in large corporations where there are many time wasters. Yes, I agree before planning a meeting, the points mentioned should be decided as to effectively manage the meeting time.

]]> By: How to make meetings more effective? « Random Thoughts - Cricket, Music, Internet … http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/comment-page-1/#comment-101329 How to make meetings more effective? « Random Thoughts - Cricket, Music, Internet … Thu, 31 May 2007 03:14:54 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/#comment-101329 [...] How to make meetings more effective? Today, i came upon a link about how to make meetings more effective - it is very good and it has some of the important points, which i always feel that a meeting should have. My company’s website also has a great course (FREE) on how to conduct great meetings - check it out if you can. [...] [...] How to make meetings more effective? Today, i came upon a link about how to make meetings more effective – it is very good and it has some of the important points, which i always feel that a meeting should have. My company’s website also has a great course (FREE) on how to conduct great meetings – check it out if you can. [...]

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]]> By: Make Your Meetings More Effective - lifehack.org http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/comment-page-1/#comment-55616 Make Your Meetings More Effective - lifehack.org Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:05:07 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/#comment-55616 [...] You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers canshare and discover new web pages. [...] [...] You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers canshare and discover new web pages. [...]

]]> By: Scott Sehlhorst http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/comment-page-1/#comment-55566 Scott Sehlhorst Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:00:29 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/#comment-55566 Jeremy, thanks for reading and commenting - great question! Your point about peer-to-peer meetings is a really good one. I think these techniques are so effective at a peer level because it is easy for most of us to give and receive feedback, encouragement, and suggestions to and from our peers. The challenge is in giving this feedback to our managers. I've been lucky to have managers who either care enough about their employee's time, or about their own time, to adopt many of these techniques. They actually created cultures that drove many of these meeting techniques. For managers who don't have this approach, you need to find a way to suggest it to them - maybe print out this article, and highlight the tip you think is most effective. Then bounce the idea of your manager's admin. See if you can convince her of the benefit - and ask her to ask her exec. for that extra piece of information to include in the invite. I'd start either with the goals, or the agenda. Another approach - if you get the opportunity to have any of your management attend any meetings that you organize, use the tips in this article, and then shortly after the meeting (and followup), ask the manager for some feedback on your efforts to improve your ability to run meetings. Go through some of the techniques you used, and ask him if he thinks they were working effectively for you. Don't suggest that he should do it too - you're going for the subtle approach with this one. Maybe some of our other readers have suggestions - please chime in and let Jeremy hear your ideas. Thanks again! Jeremy, thanks for reading and commenting – great question!

Your point about peer-to-peer meetings is a really good one. I think these techniques are so effective at a peer level because it is easy for most of us to give and receive feedback, encouragement, and suggestions to and from our peers. The challenge is in giving this feedback to our managers.

I’ve been lucky to have managers who either care enough about their employee’s time, or about their own time, to adopt many of these techniques. They actually created cultures that drove many of these meeting techniques.

For managers who don’t have this approach, you need to find a way to suggest it to them – maybe print out this article, and highlight the tip you think is most effective. Then bounce the idea of your manager’s admin. See if you can convince her of the benefit – and ask her to ask her exec. for that extra piece of information to include in the invite.

I’d start either with the goals, or the agenda.

Another approach – if you get the opportunity to have any of your management attend any meetings that you organize, use the tips in this article, and then shortly after the meeting (and followup), ask the manager for some feedback on your efforts to improve your ability to run meetings. Go through some of the techniques you used, and ask him if he thinks they were working effectively for you. Don’t suggest that he should do it too – you’re going for the subtle approach with this one.

Maybe some of our other readers have suggestions – please chime in and let Jeremy hear your ideas.

Thanks again!

]]> By: Jeremy http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/comment-page-1/#comment-55565 Jeremy Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:29:06 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/#comment-55565 I've seen many of these suggestions preached over the years and I do believe they help with peer-to-peer meetings. However, how do you push this type of meeting preparation to your management? I see my company management use their administrative support to set-up meetings. Usually there is not agenda, just a subject line. I can't blame the admin either, she isn't responsible for creating the agendas! Any thoughts? I’ve seen many of these suggestions preached over the years and I do believe they help with peer-to-peer meetings. However, how do you push this type of meeting preparation to your management? I see my company management use their administrative support to set-up meetings. Usually there is not agenda, just a subject line. I can’t blame the admin either, she isn’t responsible for creating the agendas!

Any thoughts?

]]> By: Scott Sehlhorst http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/comment-page-1/#comment-54337 Scott Sehlhorst Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:16:02 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/#comment-54337 Thanks Chris, for reading and commenting! Also - the following comment came via email: <blockquote>For all of our design meetings at Blue Cross, we had a scribe keeping live notes at an easel pad. As each page filled, it was posted on the wall of the meeting room for instant referral. These notes were later transcribed and mailed to all interested parties along with a summary. Only rarely did we tape the meetings, but now with easy digital storage of the media, seems like another idea has come of age.</blockquote> Great idea. Alistair Cockburn suggests using videos as training/knowledge transfer/documentation on projects - could be really effective for those types of meetings. Thanks Chris, for reading and commenting!

Also – the following comment came via email:

For all of our design meetings at Blue Cross, we had a scribe keeping live notes at an easel pad. As each page filled, it was posted on the wall of the meeting room for instant referral. These notes were later transcribed and mailed to all interested parties along with a summary. Only rarely did we tape the meetings, but now with easy digital storage of the media, seems like another idea has come of age.

Great idea. Alistair Cockburn suggests using videos as training/knowledge transfer/documentation on projects – could be really effective for those types of meetings.

]]> By: Chris Meisenzahl http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/comment-page-1/#comment-54336 Chris Meisenzahl Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:46:11 +0000 http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/07/05/make-your-meetings-more-effective/#comment-54336 Good stuff, thanks! Chris http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/ Good stuff, thanks!

Chris
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