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Running a Great Meeting In a Day For Dummies

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Running a Great Meeting In a Day For Dummies

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In A Day For Dummies

Get the know-how to run a productive meeting-in a day! Running a Great Meeting In a Day For Dummies helps you put together a successful meeting by explaining how to define objectives, craft an agenda, invite the right people, keep the meeting moving, and following up afterwards. Put together a productive meeting in a timely fashionTips on running a virtual meetingThe best ways to follow up after a meeting This e-book also contains links to an online component at dummies.com that extends the topic into step-by-step tutorials and other ???beyond the book??? content

Running a Great Meeting In a Day For Dummies; Table of Contents; Introduction; What You Can Do In A Day; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Chapter 1: Making Meetings Meaningful; Being Wise about Holding Meetings; Outlining the Makings of a Productive Meeting; Considering Different Types of Meetings; Chapter 2: Planning Productive Meetings; Identifying the Purpose; Next on the Agenda: Developing Focused Agendas; Inviting Participants; Taking Control of Your Environment; Chapter 3: It's Showtime! Running the Meeting; Arriving Early for Setup; Conducting the MeetingFollowing Up for Maximum ProductivityChapter 4: Tackling Common Challenges; Striking the Right Balance of Participation; Dealing with Habitual Latecomers; Can't We All Just Get Along?; Dealing with Other Common Challenges; Chapter 5: Looking at Three Specific Meeting Types; Brainstorming -- Developing Ideas for Solutions; Conducting Status Review Meetings; Evaluating Team Performance with a Postmortem; Chapter 6: Tapping into Technology; Going Virtual; Exploring What's Available; Selecting the Right Meeting Alternative; Tips for a Successful Teleconference; Chapter 7: Where to Go from HereTaking Your First StepsVisiting dummies.com; About the Authors; Publisher's Acknowledgments;