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Effective Meetings - Opening Meetings
- Always
start on time; this respects those who showed up on time and reminds
late-comers that the scheduling is serious.
- Welcome
attendees and thank them for their time.
- Review
the agenda at the beginning of each meeting, giving participants a chance to
understand all proposed major topics, change them and accept them.
- Note
that a meeting recorder if used will take minutes and provide them back to each
participant shortly after the meeting.
- Model
the kind of energy and participant needed by meeting participants.
- Clarify
your role(s) in the meeting.
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