The complete handbook of business meetings - Mina, Eli (AMACOM, 2000)
Includes index
Whether you're the chair or the attendee, the minutes-taker or the CEO working with a governing board, you'll find plenty of useful tools, easy-to-implement ideas, and practical suggestions to make your meetings more effective and productive. Everything you need for healthy meetings and effective decision-making: the 10 key ingredients of a successful meeting; using preventive and visionary planning; becoming a master facilitator; surviving contentious meetings; preventing common meeting ailments. Confused by meeting rules? This book demystifies them. Tips also for conducting virtual meetings, teleconferencing, and video conferencing
Healthy meetings and effective decision making -- The ten key ingredients of a successful meeting -- Preventive and visionary planning -- Empowered and proactive members -- A masterful facilitator -- Surviving the contentious meeting -- Rules of order that make sense -- Accurate and useful minutes -- The virtual meeting -- Troubleshooting guide