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We enjoyed the session, and found many themes resonating with the goals and orientation that we are addressing with the Practicing Management effort. There's much you can to do improve the meetings you run - and attend! - if you draw on the practice of preparing-acting-reflecting on every meeting. To follow up on some specific things, we thought we'd add a few thoughts and resources here. We've listed highlights from your "Notes to Self" and uploaded our notes from the discussion on what to do before and after meetings. Also check out the powerpoints that we showed--including some more detail on some of the key ideas-and the before-and-after checklist that we handed out.
Notes to Self
Many of you came away from the seminar with similar notes:
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The Seven Sins of Deadly Meetings a 1996 article from Fast Company
And seven steps to salvation. Tools, techniques, and technologies to make your meetings less painful, more productive - – even heavenly.
3M meetings network a commercial site with resources, readings, etc
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<P align="center" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><SPAN class="style1"><SPAN class="style2">Think about your worst meetings. </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P align="center" class="style1 style2" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Remember what went wrong - <BR></BR>paralysis, mix-ups, boredom, blow outs?</P>
<P align="center" class="style1 style2" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Are you ready to bring your meetings to life? </P>
<P class="style1 style2">Now you can. Join Professor Anjali Sastry on Thursday, November 30th, for <SPAN class="style6">Effective Meetings: A Practicing Management Seminar</SPAN>. Part of a new Sloan series of management skills opportunities, this focused, dynamic workshop will give you practical tools to turn the dreadful into the successful. Learn from the latest research, others' experience, and your own reflection on the structure, roles, failures, and importance of meetings. You'll come away with a checklist for meeting planning and follow-up, techniques for keeping people on track, and key roles you can play to make the meeting work.</P>
<P class="style1 style2"><EM>Effective Meetings</EM> will be offered on <STRONG>Thursday the 30th, 5:30-7:30 p.m., in E51-335</STRONG>. To keep the course interactive, space will be limited, so <A href="http://sloanspace.mit.edu/dotlrn/clubs/program-all-mba-students/survey/one-survey?survey_id=10846769"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #66aa3d; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">sign up on SloanSpace now</SPAN></STRONG></A>. Don't let your next meeting waste your time - <A href="http://sloanspace.mit.edu/dotlrn/clubs/program-all-mba-students/survey/one-survey?survey_id=10846769"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #66aa3d; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">register</SPAN></STRONG></A> for <EM>Effective Meetings</EM> today!</P>
<P align="center" class="style1 style2">For more information about Practicing Management,<BR></BR>go to the wiki at <A href="https://confab.mit.edu/sloan/pm"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #66aa3d; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">https://confab.mit.edu/sloan/pm</SPAN></STRONG></A>.</P>
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