Meetings

Meetings. We know they are necessary, but who hasn’t at some time walked out of a meeting and felt nothing was accomplished. The thing with meetings is they need have a clear agenda and to keep focus on that agenda. Here’s two meeting models that should help things move smoothly (and quickly!).

The Team Meeting Model
To help the team get through a meeting most effectively, team members volunteer to fulfill roles during a meeting (from the workbook Champions for Change by LaVrene Norton). Be sure to take turns with each of the roles so that everyone has a chance to strengthen different skills. Here's the role descriptions

Stand-up Meeting
While the model above works best for longer meetings where multiple topics will be addressed, the stand-up meeting is a great way to tackle specific concerns or information and can be used when something needs to be addressed outside of scheduled meeting times. Here's ahandout on how the Stand-up Meeting works.