Make Meetings Matter
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About the book Make Meetings Matter
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Make Meeting Matter, by Charlie Hawkins, is a resource for
planning and running high-impact meetings that achieve results.
With Make Meetings Matter, you will see how to:
- Reinvent meetings to get more done, minimize time spent, and maximize productivity.
- Avoid unnecessary and useless meetings.
- Keep the agenda on track.
- Leverage technology.
- Ensure follow-up action is taken.
Make Meetings Matter is available in bookstores including Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. To order bulk copies of Make Meeetings Matter, contact the publisher, Career Press, directly at 1-800-CAREER-1 (1-800-227-3371).
Table of Contents
| Introduction | ||
Part I. |
Before: The Four P's of Planning |
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| 1 | Purpose: know why you are meeting | |
| 2 | People: who should participate and the roles they play | |
| 3 | Place: make the most of your space-real or virtual | |
| 4 | Preparation: create an agenda and come ready to participate | |
Part II. |
During: The Four F's of Flow |
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| 5 | Focus: stay on track and on time | |
| 6 | Facilitation: keep the discussions energized and relevant | |
| 7 | Feedback: evaluate ideas without crushing them | |
| 8 | Fun and Fellowship: ways to lighten up | |
Part III. |
At the end and after: The Four C's of Completion |
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| 9 | Consensus: decisions everyone can live with and support | |
| 10 | Closure: determine clear follow-up action steps | |
| 11 | Critique and Celebration: evaluate group effectiveness | |
| 12 | Communication: publish a summary of the meeting | |
Part IV. |
Additional Strategies and Solutions |
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| 13 | Disruptive behaviors and how to deal with them | |
| 14 | Using technology to enhance meetings | |
| 15 | One-on-one meetings | |
| Appendix | ||
| Meeting planning guide and template | ||
| Agenda templates | ||
| Meeting summary templates | ||
| Meeting effectiveness checklist | ||
Sample Pages
Here are examples of a few pages from the book Make Meetings Matter. Click on page number to see the sample page in pdf format. (Pages will open in a new window. Please close that window when finished.)
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Chapter 1 - Purpose: know why you are meeting | |
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Chapter 4 - Preparation: create an agenda and come ready to participate | |
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Chapter 5 - Focus: stay on track and on time | |
| pp. 124-126 | |
Chapter 8 - Fun and Fellowship: ways to lighten up | |
| pp. 144-145 | |
Chapter 9 - Consensus: decisions everyone can live with and support | |
| p. 149 | |
Chapter 10 - Closure: determine clear follow-up action steps | |
| pp. 195-196 | |
Chapter 14 - Using technology to enhance meetings |
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"Make Meetings Matter gives you the roadmap to blow out the cobwebs from time-wasting, tedious meetings. Every chapter has gems of wisdom and practical advice to brighten up and shorten up you meetings, while getting more done." |
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–Jennifer Cowan, Sr. Process Safety Engineer,
Process Safety & Reliability Group |
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Publisher: Career Press
ISBN: 978-1601630155
Paperback: 224 pages
Make Meetings Matter is available in bookstores including
Amazon.com
and Barnes
& Noble. To order bulk copies of Make Meeetings Matter,
contact the publisher, Career
Press, directly at 1-800-CAREER-1 (1-800-227-3371).
Go to Media Images to download large
images of book cover and photo of Charlie Hawkins.
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Copyright © 2008-2009 Charlie Hawkins.
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