Posts tagged "meeting tips"

Make The Most Of Meetings – As Seen in Costco Connection

“Make the Most of Meetings” from Costo Connections April 2012 Well similar to actor/writer/hollywood celeb Jason Segel, I have always wanted to appear with the  Muppets.   We both got our wish, although his slightly more impressive than mine as the  leading role in the recent release of the new Muppet Movie.  But at least, as the time management […]

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Effective Meetings Expert podcast by Meetings Magazine

As the launch of Boring Meetings Suck is past, the interest and true value of the content of effective and more productive meetings is just beginning. I’ve been fortunate to work with many organizations that want to improve their everyday office meetings from the standpoint of volume, duration and overall results. Recently, Meetings Magazine, Minnesota’s Hospitality […]

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New Year’s Resolutions to End Boring Ineffective Meetings

Improve your meeting productivity with some effective meeting resolutions. Why risk another year of spending weekends and late work days doing the work you should have been doing all day?  Sick of endless meetings getting in the way? Then it’s time for some resolutions to take back your life and productivity. 1) I resolve to refrain […]

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Posted by Jon Petz in Articles, Boring Meetings Suck, Effective Meetings Skills.

The Right Way to Run a Meeting – Readers Digest Article Oct 2011

“The right way to run a meeting” It certainly has been an interesting time in the past several months, from a New York Post interview to a mention from Readers Digest.   Here was a nice to the point article posted in Readers Digest with some nice tips and a brief mention and easy SRD from […]

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Posted by Jon Petz in Articles, Boring Meetings Suck, Effective Meetings Skills.

How to write an agenda in actual practice

Thanks Ohio University for putting an actual agenda in place to discuss…putting an agenda in place. I must say I enjoy when I get emails of people and organizations putting to use some of their favorite suckification reduction devices from Boring Meetings Suck. So recently, I was emailed this agenda from my Alma Mater Ohio […]

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Need Help Starting Your Meeting on Time? Try “Pass The Pad”

Tired of people walking in late to your meetings and you want to Start the Meeting On Time? When asked to come speak or consult as a meetings efficiency expert, near the top of everyone’s list of meeting complaints is “Not Starting On Time!”  It’s a poor meeting etiquette habit that is prolific throughout the […]

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Posted by Jon Petz in Boring Meetings Suck TV.

Prevent business meeting tangents – or learn to Let ’em go – you decide.

Productive and effective meetings are littered with ever present tangents that take the meeting to new levels of unproductive suckiness. Here’s one thought on how to prevent tangents from taking over your meetings.   Ever been in a meeting when Tangent Tony hijacks the conversation with an off-agenda issue, taking it in a direction you […]

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Posted by Jon Petz in Boring Meetings Suck TV.

Your Meeting Needs A Mission!

You’ve got your agenda lined up and sent out. Congrats, you’ve done the right thing to prepare for the meeting you’re hosting. But have you asked yourself this two-part question? First: “What do we intend to accomplish before walking out the door?” Second: “Do the people I invited know the answer to that question walking […]

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Posted by Jon Petz in Articles, Ask the Expert, Effective Meetings Skills.

Don’t let tangents hijack your meeting! (Part 1 of….I only wish I knew…)

Don’t Let Tangents Hijack Your Meetings!  Or, should you in some cases? Ever been in a meeting when Tangent Tony hijacks the conversation with an off-agenda issue, taking it in a direction you didn’t expect? You’ve been there and so have I. So what happens next? the meeting’s objectives don’t get advanced as planned people […]

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Posted by Jon Petz in Articles, Ask the Expert, Boring Meetings Suck, Effective Meetings Skills.

What’s THE Big Mistake While Delivering Invocations?

What’s THE Big Mistake While Delivering Invocations? You might look at the title and ask, “What IS an invocation?”  (pronounced in-vuh-key-shuh n)   The invocation, in its simplest form, is a prayer or request for the spiritual presence of God in a ceremony or event. Whether it’s appropriate to have an invocation at your corporate, […]

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Posted by Jon Petz in Articles, Ask the Expert, Effective Meetings Skills.