LORI WILSONRETIRED - Technical Project Manager| RETIRED - LifePoint HealthClarkston, Wa, United States
I am building a presentation to share at my local PMI chapter in a few months. The presentations is on Effective Meetings. The topics I've addressed so far in the presentation include: Sending out an agenda in advance, appropriate amount and style of communication, take some subjects offline, take/distribute timely and clear minutes with action items, your PM leadership style/encoding/decoding, your influence and how to build your reputation, are the right people at your meetings? Stop/let/make/help - how are the people sitting in the chairs contributing? Protecting time, combining meetings when possible, let team out of the meeting early to return to work when appropriate, meeting type alternatives (phone, Skype, in person, etc), inspiring your team and team building ideas. The advantages of taking minutes during the meeting for efficiency, how to deal with negativity, ensuring our projects create efficiencies vs. adding complexity. Have I forgotten anything? Is there anything you would like me to consider on this topic? Saving Changes...
Hi Andrew: I would be happy to share my presentation experience - it will be on April 18th at the INW PMI Chapter. I would be happy to post the presentation, I just need to figure out how to that. Thank you for the points you listed. I really appreciated them all.
Why not propose the presentation for a webinar here!
I would make a point on who really need to attend a meeting.
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2 replies by Anupam and Markus Kopko
Jan 19, 2017 9:28 PM
Anupam
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I agree Vincent. This is a great idea.
Jan 20, 2017 3:44 AM
Markus Kopko
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made the same suggestion already, so seems really to be a good one ... ;)
Thank you for your notes, for replying to this post and for making me feel supported. It is important for all of us to support each other as PM's and that is one of the things I appreciate the most about this website!
No problem. Happy to help, Lori Saving Changes...
Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Jan 19, 2017 9:17 PM
Replying to Vincent Guerard
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Why not propose the presentation for a webinar here!
I would make a point on who really need to attend a meeting.
made the same suggestion already, so seems really to be a good one ... ;) Saving Changes...
Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Jan 19, 2017 8:48 AM
Replying to Anupam
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@Maria: not sure if you are referring to this article -
Estimate the Cost of a Meeting with This Calculator
wow, this is really cool, i am thinking about to put the cost of every meeting from now on within the invitation and also calculate it within the project budget in future.
wow, this is really cool, i am thinking about to put the cost of every meeting from now on within the invitation and also calculate it within the project budget in future.
really nice tip, thx a lot
Yes Markus, this is cool :) Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Jan 19, 2017 5:01 PM
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Hi Andrew: I would be happy to share my presentation experience - it will be on April 18th at the INW PMI Chapter. I would be happy to post the presentation, I just need to figure out how to that. Thank you for the points you listed. I really appreciated them all.
Thank you Lori.
And if you presented here as a webinar, I would definitely participate. Keep us posted. Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Jan 19, 2017 12:26 PM
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Anytime
Yes, thanks for the share Anupam. Saving Changes...
Thomas KennedyProject Engineer| BPAberdeen, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Hi Lori, it seems like you've got everything covered an a lot of useful comments on addiitonal items, keep me posted if it becomes a webinar. Saving Changes...
LORI WILSONRETIRED - Technical Project Manager| RETIRED - LifePoint HealthClarkston, Wa, United States
Jan 18, 2017 10:10 PM
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Hello Lori,
Not much to add, most of the points already covered. Adding to @Maria, here are few more links you can consider -
Project HEADWAY: Managing the Team Status Updates: Making It More Than A Bored Meeting - Featuring Craig Curran-Morton PMP