by magicminutes | 28 Mar 2020 | Meeting Tips
Three weeks ago my kids had no interest in online meeting apps. Fast-forward a few weeks and the Corana virus shutdown has prompted them to request a plethora of apps for online hangouts. To be fair though, it’s not just the kids. Last night I spent many...
by magicminutes | 22 Oct 2019 | Meeting Tips
Are you one of the many people who find meetings, or certain meetings, stressful? On World Mental Health Day, we’re encouraged to consider the mental health of those around us. The Health and Safety Executive tells us that one in four of us will experience a mental...
by magicminutes | 22 Oct 2019 | Meeting Tips
If you look back at old meeting minutes and wonder why some of the actions you agreed back then still haven’t been completed, then there are probably a couple of likely causes; the first is how well the action was documented in the first place, and another is will be...
by David Parry | 17 Jul 2017 | Meeting Tips
Everyone hates long meetings right? Well not everyone, and sometimes you need a long meeting to make a big decision or discuss a complex topic. That doesn’t excuse the vast majority of meetings though that are needlessly long. Beset by over enthusiastic...
by David Parry | 10 Jul 2017 | Meeting Tips
We don’t mean to turn up late, but with so many meetings in the day one inevitably runs over and clashes in to the next one. When you are running your own meeting, you know other people are trying their best to get loads of stuff done, but it is very annoying...
by David Parry | 3 Jul 2017 | Meeting Tips
When we join other people’s board meetings, there are bound to be a number of things different from the way that we like to run them. We’ve done a few thousand so we get to try different things and see good practice – so it is inevitable in a way....
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