What three things would you recommend to your co-worker to help run better meetings?

[sharon.conroy]

- Be clear on the intent of the meeting 

- Invite the right people to the meeting

- Ensure equal contributions/voices in the meeting. 

[Sian Owen]

1. Create an Agenda!

2. Start the meeting 5-minutes late (this one will really help with my organization!)

3. Designate someone to be the scribe and share notes with the group as a follow-up! 

[Kailash]

1. Prepare Clear Agenda with topics of meeting
2. Prepare some short of Document that can help to deliver meeting agenda more clearly and engaged all participates
3. Divide Agenda into topics and discuss on it one by one.

[Fotini Demetriou]

• Have a pre-established goal & clarity on what you want to achieve
• Make sure this meeting proves valuable to the participants
• Making sure all participants engage and feel their time was well spent

[Sameer Dhaka]

1.  Set an agenda.

2. Stick to time boxes during the meeting.

3. Follow up.

[Prudence Makia]

1. Fill out the meeting description in the meeting invite

2. Put every participant as optional on the invite

3. Determine if you actually need a meeting 

[Mario Alves Sampaio]

1) Evaluate the need for the meeting
2) Have a well elaborated agenda with key takeaways for the required participants.
3) Adjust time of the meetings to the real time needed. Don't set up meetings with durations "by default" (i.e. one hour) when it could be shorter. Time is our most scarce resource.

[Lucas Modzelewski _Lumo_]

1. Double check if meeting is necessary - maybe email / Confluence page would be enough.

2. Set up a goal to a meeting, don't get distracted.

3. Summarise at the meeting and send follow up afterwards.

[Collista Lewingdon]

1. Create an agenda for every meeting and have it included in the invite

2. Stick to the agenda and make sure to honor everyone's time. 

3. Request feedback and send out meeting minutes

[Jeff Hooper]

1. Make sure that the goal/outcome of the meeting is clear and is stated in the meeting invite. Are we trying to share knowledge, make a decision, advance a previous topic, or something else?
2. Time-box each agenda item, such that the meeting won't be derailed by any one topic that runs too long.
3. Have a scribe take meeting notes, which you will share as meeting followup.

[Thomas Sambruni]

1. Think about if you really need that meeting wether not;
2. Get prepared in advance, set up a clear agenda and proper time slot
3. Invite right people, foster discussion; then follow-up

[Bryan Luettgen]

1. Make sure everyone invited to that meeting potentially has a reason to be there

2. Define a purpose and scheduled agenda for your meeting

3. Allow others to speak honestly at meeting, seek feedback during and after meeting. 

[Chris.Sheehan]

1.  Organizer must know the objective of the meeting and have an agenda in place.

2. Send meeting minutes, transcription and/or recording link after the meeting has ended.

3. Tactically disable un-related conversations and park them for later to revisit at the end of the meeting (if viable) so that you can get through the agenda you set out to achieve.

[aalcocer]

1.  set your target for the meeting, know your objective for set the agenda. Is better keep it simple and realistic and get deep into the matter (if needed) later, save it for step 2.

2. Keep within the scope of the objective - park other items or those things that can come up during the meeting.

3. Follow-up, ask for feedback.

4.-If you´re sucessful after this, repeat it when a subject needs to be really checked with your team on a meeting.

[Jacopo]

1) define clear objectives and set an agenda 

2) keep the meeting short to avoid dispersion and maximize value for time 

3) write and disseminate minutes

[Rita Ren]

I love the four principles for an effective meeting, especially Preparation (setting agenda, intended time allocation, goals and contributors of the meeting before issuing out an invite) and Facilitation (being a good facilitator and timekeeper, setting up the ground rules and knowing when to break the rules for the right things) ones. 

[Sam Stemp]

1. Define the agenda and have a detailed meeting description.

2. Budget time for people to review related materials during the meeting.

3. Invite the right people and add them as optional.

[Gladys M_ Sánchez M_]

1. Tener objetivos claros

2. Crear un agenda

3. Validar con los asistentes, la eficacia de la reunión 

[Sharon Taoushiani]

1. Determine if the meeting is necessary. 

2. Preparation, preparation, preparation.

3. Have the right participants and make it relevant

[Adinah Juliet]

1. Know the intent of the meeting.

2. Add a description to the invite and send with an agenda so everyone invited is informed of the topic beforehand.

3. Send minutes and a follow-up request for feedback afterwards.

[sandeep csm]

1.  Know your objective - set an agenda

2. Keep a track of Time and discussions and tailor them to time-boxed, park new ideas in parking lot, and other items.

3. Follow up by sharing minutes of the meeting.

[Natalia Chuzhmarova]

1. Create a clear agenda and prepare for the meeting. Choose the best collaboration tool for the agenda, it might not actually require the meeting.
2. Actively facilitate and timebox
3. Take minutes, share the outcome and action items with the participants

[Jackelyn Zerafa]

1. Determine if the meeting is necessary. Dont have a meeting for the sake of having a meeting. 

2. Set and share a clear agenda

3. Round back with the agreed actions and outcomes

[ayman abed Alshareef]

الخبرة - المصداقية والشفافية - التكامل والتعاون

[Jessica Ives]

1. Timebox each agenda topic
2. Have clear intent and outcomes per topic
3. Ask "what's in it" for each participant.