Quick Tip - Effective Meetings Earn a Profit

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This step becomes difficult for less tangible results, such as exchanging information in staff meetings or making some policy decisions. In those cases, estimaterepparttar value by comparing outcomes with their potential costs. For example, does it make sense to spend ten thousand dollars on exchanging information in a staff meeting or is five hundred dollars more appropriate?

3) Determinerepparttar 136688 return on your investment (ROI) by comparing value versus cost.

ROI = Value - Cost

If this analysis predicts a loss, either reviserepparttar 136689 meeting’s scope or cancel it. After all, a meeting, like any project, must earn a profit.

In addition, a profitable meeting will be an effective meeting.

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Quick Tip - Effective Meetings Begin With a Goal

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Writing goals also provides important benefits. It allows you to consider, explore, and discard possibilities. And then you can showrepparttar goals to others to obtain their comments and suggestions.

Asking for help preparing goals is especially useful when working on complex or controversial issues. Now you can 1) use their comments to refinerepparttar 136687 goals, 2) win support for your goals by including others in their development, 3) gain information on issues related torepparttar 136688 goals, 4) uncover issues that may conflict withrepparttar 136689 goals, and 5) develop strategies for achievingrepparttar 136690 goals.

Once you completerepparttar 136691 goals for your meeting, put them onrepparttar 136692 agenda. That helps everyone focus on your purpose forrepparttar 136693 meeting. And it significantly increases your chances of ending withrepparttar 136694 results that you wanted.

IAF Certified Professional Facilitator and author Steve Kaye works with leaders who want to hold effective meeting. His innovative workshops have informed and inspired people nationwide. His facilitation produces results that people will support. Call 714-528-1300 or visit his web site for over 100 pages of valuable ideas. Sign up for his free newsletter at http://www.stevekaye.com


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