Tips for smooth meetings

1. 4 WAYS YOU CAN
AVERT MEETING
DISASTER

2. STAFF
MEETINGS.
PRODUCTION
MEETINGS.
CLIENT
MEETINGS.

3. MEETINGS ARE JUST
A PART OF EVERYDAY
LIFE IN DESIGN
OFFICES AROUND
THE WORLD

4. SO, WHAT’S
THE PROBLEM?

5. THE PROBLEM IS SIMPLE:
YOUR MEETINGS KEEP
TURNING INTO DISASTERS.

6. PEOPLE ARE
LATE TO YOUR
MEETINGS, OR
THEY DON’T
SHOW UP
AT ALL.

7. PEOPLE HAVE
NO IDEA WHAT
IS SUPPOSED
TO HAPPEN IN
YOUR
MEETINGS.

8. YOUR MEETINGS
START LATE, GO
DOWN RABBIT
HOLES, AND
TAKE FOREVER.

9. WORST OF
ALL, NO ONE
DOES WHAT
THEY AGREE
TO DO!

10. BUT YOU ARE NOT
ALONE. THERE IS HELP.

11. ALLOW US TO
PRESENT 4 FAST
AND EASY WAYS
TO PREVENT
MEETING
DISASTERS.

12. TIP #

13. DO NOT
SCHEDULE
MEETINGS ON
MONDAYS!

14. WORST OF
ALL, NO ONE
DOES WHAT
THEY AGREE
TO DO!

15. TOO
SIMPLE
TO BE
TRUE?

16. PEOPLE ARE NOT AT THEIR
BEST RIGHT BEFFORE OR
RIGHT AFTER THE WEEKEND.

17. SCHEDULEING
A MEETING ON
THOSE DAYS
IS INVITING
DISASTER.

18. MAKE
TUESDAY,
WEDNESDAY,
OR THURSDAY
YOUR PRIME
MEETING DAYS.

19. TIP #

20. KNOW
WHAT’S ON
THE AGENDA

21. MODEL
AIRPLANES.
BIKES.
HOUSES.

22. YOU WOULD
NEVER TRY TO
SUCCESSFULLY
BUILD ANY OF
THOSE WITHOUT
A PLAN.

23. SO WHY
WOULD YOU
HAVE A
MEETING
WITHOUT A
PLAN?

24. YOUR
AGENDA IS
YOUR
GUIDEPOST
TO MEETING
SUCCESS!

25. CREATE A LIST OF WHAT
IS EXPECTED AND FROM
WHOM.

26. SENDING OUT THE
AGENDA WITH
YOUR MEETING
REQUEST WILL
HELP YOU ESCAPE
DISASTER.

27. TIP #

28. TIMELINESS
MATTERS

29. DO YOUR MEETINGS
START LATE OR DRAG
ON AND ON?

30. THE REASON
THAT
HAPPENS IS
SIMPLE:
TIME.

31. MEETINGS
MUST
START ON
TIME!

32. AND EACH
PRESENTER
SHOULD KNOW
HOW MUCH
TIME THEY HAVE
TO PRESENT.

33. WITHOUT THE
STRUCTURE OF A
MEETING
SCHEDULE, YOU
CAN COUNT ON
THINGS RUNNING
AMOK.

34. TIP #

35. FOLLOW UP
ON SUCCESS

36. IF YOU FOLLOW OUR FIRST 3
TIPS, THEN YOUR MEETINGS
SHOULD END IN SUCCESS.

37. BUT THE JOB
IS NOT DONE
WHEN THE
MEETING IS
OVER!

38. YOU MUST
FOLLOW UP AFTER
THE MEETING TO
REMIND PEOPLE
OF THE
IMPORTANT
THINGS.

39. WHAT WAS
DECIDED? WHO
HAS WHICH
TASK? WHEN
ARE THE
RESULTS
EXPECTED?

40. FOLLOWING UP
AFTER YOUR
MEETING IS THE
BEST WAY TO
ENSURE YOU AVOID
FUTURE DISASTERS!

41. THESE 4 TIPS ARE FAST AND EASY,
AND THEY’LL STOP YOUR STREAK
OF MEETING DISASTERS…