by David Parry | 19 Jun 2017 | Meeting Tips
Surely AOB comes at the end right? We don’t think so. An AOB section near the end of a meeting is a timebomb waiting to go off. People can save up really important issues for then, and just when the chair is winding up proceedings to everyone can get on their...
by David Parry | 12 Jun 2017 | Meeting Tips
So you wrap up the meeting, and using Magic Minutes, the pdf record of the meeting gets distributed straight away and everyone who agreed to an action gets notified separately of their commitment. You’ve done your bit as the chairman right? By next meeting, all...
by David Parry | 5 Jun 2017 | Meeting Tips
This might seem to be an odd topic. After all, most people in meetings are pretty experienced and have probably been to more meetings than they care to remember. So why raise it? Well, we are not saying that our clients misbehave, but we have certainly seen a variety...
by David Parry | 29 May 2017 | Meeting Tips
When setting an agenda, you may have seen some people like to ‘guess’ how long each item should take. This approach has its detractors, as it is almost impossible to know how a discussion will progress in advance and therefore you won’t know whether...
by David Parry | 22 May 2017 | Meeting Tips
Everyone knows that good preparation makes for a good meeting, and yet so few people put the time aside to do it. The key is to get everyone to think about the subject beforehand. This means properly challenging the purpose of the meeting, the agenda, who is supposed...
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