Taking Your Meetings Out of the Doldrums Author:Eva Schindler-Rainman, Ronald Lippitt, Jack Cole We are convinced from our own extensive experience that most meetings can be improved a great deal, and all meetings some. The time spent in using this resource kit, in planning your meetings more effectively, and in training others to plan theirs, may be the highest pay-off time you will spend as a "people-helper". We don't know o... more »f a more rewarding function than being an effective "meeting-helper".
So join us as we:
identify some of the problems and issues of getting participation in meetings (Unit 1)
review some of the similarities and differences of all meetings (Unit 2)
go through the steps of designing all types of meetings (Unit 3)
use a checklist reminder of things to remember in planning and conducting a meeting (Unit 4)
scan a checklist of the kinds of resources there are for use in improving our meetings (Unit 5)
remind ourselves of the traps we need to avoid in planning and conducting meetings (Unit 6)
have an opportunity to share with you some alternative ways to cope with typical problem situations (Unit 7)
expand your repertoire with a toolkit of illustrative designs, instruments, and procedures for your meetings (Unit 8)
help you develop and think about ways to use this resource (Unit 9)
give you a selected bibliography (Unit 10)
We believe you will be able to do much about the doldrums and problems in all the groups you are in touch with. Improving our meetings is one of the greatest things we can do for ourselves' our groups, our agency, and our democracy.