How to have an effecive meeting
Preparation
- [ ] Choose a one-sentence goal for the meeting
- [ ] Establish an agenda, and distriute it beforehand to all participants
During the meeting
- [ ] Assign one participant to take official notes
- [ ] Take notes
- [ ] Ensure all participants participate
- [ ] Generate a list of action items, each assigned to a particular participant
After the meeting
- [ ] Distribute the meeting notes to all participants
- [ ] Publish the meeting notes to a central repository (e.g. the department
wiki, Evernote for Work)