Tips for Running Effective Meetings

Tips for Running Effective Meetings Arrive 5 : Start and minutes : end on time. Email an agenda 24 hours in advance. Come prepared. early Bring No smartphones. paper and a Share all relevant Stay on topic. No pen. data. Be brief interrupting. and concise. Silence = agreement Disagree without being disagreeable No side conversations MATT TË DË : Challenge ideas rather than or comments Everyone participates. people. Follow-up by email within 24 hours. Meetings by the Numbers 25 million P&G eliminated 18-24 days of meetings per person per annum using QuickBase - The amount of meetings that take place in corporate America daily. Meeting Calendar January 2011 Meeting Calendar January 2012 47 Percent IX - The percentage of workers who cited "Too many meetings" as the No. 1 time-waster at the office |X Without QuickBase With QuickBase 2 hours, 39 minutes The average time an employee wastes in meetings every week 45 Percent The percentage of senior executives surveyed that believe their employees would be more productive if their firms banned meetings for a least one-day a week. 11 minutes: - The average amount of time it takes for people's attention to drift in a meeting. Sources: intui. QuickBase http://quickbase.intuit.com/customers/procter-&gamble-(p&g) http://www.salary.com/wasting-time-at-work-2012/slide/11/ http://www.people4business.com/content/business-meetings-that-take-the-biscuit.htm http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/201010/want-improve-productivity-scrap-meetings