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

[Brian Mohr]

1. Set an agenda for every meeting - clearly define the desired outcome

2. Ask do I really need to call this meeting? (Determine if there are other methods for the outcome to be achieved)

3. Ask for feedback on the effectiveness of the meeting and follow up on action items from the meeting

[Jose Bachour]

1. Am I needed for this meeting?

2. What is the purpose of this meeting?

3. What is the urgency of this meeting (can it also be resolved through e-mails or IMs)

[Nicki Lorence Simak]

1. Assign a participant to be the note-taker.

2. Create an agenda and share it in the invite.

3. Stick to the time-boxes.

[Gaithe Eitouni]

1- Get the buy-in of participants in advance, explaining what's in for them and what's expected during the meeting

2- Make sure timing is respected and use parking lot for next sessions

3- Follow-up in a smart way, using tools or emails or live messaging (avoiding more meetings)

[Janco Hoekstra]

For the fact that nearly everyone quotes the lessons here that they learned from the videos, not wanting to be a copycat, I want to mention some skills that are not mentioned:
1. Set your tone to the moment of the meeting
    - be serious when appropriate
    - use humor when appropriate to relieve tension

2. Let people do what they are best at. if you are not the expert at a subject, at meeting preparation, ask the expert on the subject to do the talk in the meeting.
3. Subtile celebrate achievements of people in the meeting. Don't build a full blown party, but mentioning them and their achievement will give them a feeling of importance (especially those who are the `silent` types in meetings) and encourage them to actively participate.

[Stefan Grob]

1. Be clear about your Goals.

2. Determine a facilitator and a notetaker.

3. No Meeting without agenda and preparation.

[Cory Tsang]

1. Stay focused on the agenda; utilize the parking lot to capture topics for future discussion.
2. Limit the attendee list.  If you have 30 people in a meeting, it is likely that you're primarily sharing information and not having a conversation with that many people.
3. Document decisions made.

[Isabella Eslava]

1. Before sending an invite, ask why you need a meeting and create an agenda

2. Set ground rules and also be okay to know when to break them

3. Have a scribe, to take note of important details

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[Chathurni Buddhadasa]

1. Clearly define the agenda and goals for the meeting

2. Keep the meeting on track by staying focused on the agenda and managing time effectively.

3. Follow-up after the meeting to review decisions made.

[Sara Robles]

1. Be prepared
2. Use parking lot when things get off topic
3. Ask if the audience is the right one.

[Geoffrey Holmes]

• create a focused agenda with reasonable timeboxing for transparent respect of people's time
• provide an accurate description of the meeting purpose in the calendar invitation
• invite participants as "optional"

[Qianna Stevens]

1) Prepare for the meeting by first determining if the meeting is necessary. If so, prepare an agenda with the topics you'll cover in the meeting and send out to participants 24 hour prior to the event. 

2) Keep your facilitator hat on for the duration of the meeting and stay on task to make sure all items on the agenda are covered and thoughtfully discussed. 

3) After the meeting is over, you'll need to create a way to rate or discuss the effectiveness of the meeting and gather feedback for improvement. This is a great way to find out if each participant felt their time was well spent.

[Alicia Fynn]

1. Define the purpose of you meeting and provide clear guidance through and Agenda.

2. Build time boxes into your agenda to ensure the meeting stays on track and relevant content is covered

3. Send you meeting invite as 'optional' and ensure the title is meaningful and captures the right people to attend

[Oscar Onuoha]

1. Determine if you really need a meeting
2. Clearly determine and stick to the it
3. Follow up after the meeting

[Linda Coleman]

set goals and include agenda and times in invite

invite attendees that will receive value from participating in the meeting

facilitate time and action items and follow up with notes including action items assigned to and date due

[Linda Coleman]

define intent and set agenda and goals

include agenda and time in invite and all participants as optional

follow up with decisions and action items including person assigned to and due dates

[Malisa Mahjabeen]

Three things to run effective meetings would be:

- To prepare beforehand for the meeting: have an agenda, notes taker assigned etc

- To invite the right people at the meeting and engage the audience during the meeting

- Follow up after the meeting (were the action items looked into, was it helpful etc)

[Ron Preston]

Targeted objective with flexibility. 

Invite the right participants using optional invite.

Facilitate by use of tactics and appropriate tools. 

[Jacki Mallmann]

1.  Be prepared - agenda, have reference materials ready 

2. Encourage participant readiness - remind them to read materials before the meeting, bring responses to action items from week before.

3.  Start 5 minutes late

[Shanesha]

1. Know your goal for the meeting 

2. Always have material review

3. Follow-up and share notes

[Václav Bára]

For me it would be this:

1. Make a research first for software that can help you with the job, then you will know better in preparing the agenda of the meeting, if such meeting is even necessary or you can handle it faster than preparing for the meeting.

2. Point someone to do the meeting scripture, which will help you in the final after-meeting part to evaluate what went well or wrong, which will also help you in preparation of the next meetings.

3. Always run the meeting without getting of the rails. If you will failed to be at one topic and you realize that, move it to the "parking lot" section for a different meeting, otherwise you will not achieve what you wanted from this meeting.

[josephwinson5]

1. Timebox your Agenda

2. Ask for feedback after meeting 

3. Set a goal for your meting

[Forrest Frey]

1. Ensure that a meeting is required  and that the invited team members are actually required for the meeting.
2.  be prepared for the meeting, set the agenda before scheduling the meeting and be ready to discuss the topics in the agenda.
   
   
3. Always follow up on the meeting even if it is just a description of what was discussed and decided on.

[Ade Idowu]

To run effective meetings:

1)  Identify the goals and outcomes of the meeting

2)  Create a timeboxed agenda with clear topics, distribution of topics and outcomes and make them         available to participants prior to meeting

3)  Maintain the flow of the meeting by creating a safe and inclusive environment for all participants

[James Clayton Minor]

1) Have a concrete purpose and have an agenda with the invite.

2) Plan out the meeting in short sequences with a max of 15 minutes per topic - reserving five minutes at the end to wrap things up.

3) Ask the attendees for feedback. Was the meeting productive, was the goal of the meeting met?