Effective Meetings In this assignment, you will study how a leader can conduct a variety of meetings effectively. Complete the following tasks: Read the following articles: Bates Communications: Insights. (2007, November 11). Are you            running meetings, or are meetings running you? Retrieved            from http://www.bates-communications.com/Portals/25382            /docs/art-runningmeetings.pdf Facilitative Leadership & Facilitator Training. (2012, December 13).            Taking charge of poorly led meetings when you are not            the leader. Retrieved from http://facilitativeleadership.            wordpress.com/ McNamara, C. (n.d.). Guidelines to conducting effective meetings            (Adapted from the Field Guide to Leadership and            Supervision). Retrieved from http://managementhelp.org/            misc/meeting-management.htm Facilitative Leadership & Facilitator Training. (2012, June 21).            Meeting participation tips (Part 1 of 3—The beginning).            Retrieved from http://facilitativeleadership.wordpress.com            /2012/06/21/meeting-participation-tips-part-1-of-3-the-            beginning/ Attend a meeting. The meeting can be any one of the following: A work-based meeting Municipality, township, or school district meeting A meeting for an organization you might be involved with Any other meeting you can identify within the course required time frame. Part I Based on your reading, understanding of the articles, and your experience in the meeting you attended, answer the following questions: Where is the meeting being conducted, and what is its purpose? Is the meeting focused on communications or problem solving, or is it a meeting with no specific agenda? Is the meeting a regularly scheduled event, such as a monthly scheduled meeting or a meeting to address a specific matter? Does the meeting have a set communication designed with relevant information to advance the meeting? Please explain. Was the meeting opened with an announcement or explanation of its purpose and importance? What was the communication style of the meeting's leader or facilitator? What were the leader's bases of power? Select from a number of conceptual paradigms and elaborate on your selection. Authoritative Knowledge and Expertise Correction or Castigation Reward or Incentive Persuasion Mentoring or Coaching Relationships or Individual or group interactions Direction or Vision Charismatic or Personable Did the members or attendees have an opportunity to express opinions? Were they asked for suggestions, ideas, and information? Did you recognize any conflict, disrespect, or tension among the members or attendees? If so, was the source of the conflict evident? Did you observe the participants' body language (such as posturing, positioning, or gesturing) when different topics were introduced? Describe it. What was the intended outcome of the meeting? Was it achieved? Why or why not? What were the pivotal moments of the mee.

1. Effective Meetings
In this assignment, you will study how a leader can conduct a
variety of meetings effectively.
Complete the following tasks:
Read the following articles:
Bates Communications: Insights. (2007, November 11). Are you
running meetings, or are meetings running you?
Retrieved
from http://www.bates-
communications.com/Portals/25382
/docs/art-runningmeetings.pdf
Facilitative Leadership & Facilitator Training. (2012, December
13).
Taking charge of poorly led meetings when you are not
the leader. Retrieved from http://facilitativeleadership.
wordpress.com/
McNamara, C. (n.d.). Guidelines to conducting effective
meetings
(Adapted from the Field Guide to Leadership and
Supervision). Retrieved from
http://managementhelp.org/
misc/meeting-management.htm
Facilitative Leadership & Facilitator Training. (2012, June 21).
Meeting participation tips (Part 1 of 3—The beginning).
Retrieved from
http://facilitativeleadership.wordpress.com
/2012/06/21/meeting-participation-tips-part-1-of-3-the-
beginning/
Attend a meeting. The meeting can be any one of the following:
A work-based meeting
Municipality, township, or school district meeting
A meeting for an organization you might be involved with
Any other meeting you can identify within the course required
time frame.

2. Part I
Based on your reading, understanding of the articles, and your
experience in the meeting you attended, answer the following
questions:
Where is the meeting being conducted, and what is its purpose?
Is the meeting focused on communications or problem solving,
or is it a meeting with no specific agenda?
Is the meeting a regularly scheduled event, such as a monthly
scheduled meeting or a meeting to address a specific matter?
Does the meeting have a set communication designed with
relevant information to advance the meeting? Please explain.
Was the meeting opened with an announcement or explanation
of its purpose and importance?
What was the communication style of the meeting's leader or
facilitator?
What were the leader's bases of power? Select from a number of
conceptual paradigms and elaborate on your selection.
Authoritative
Knowledge and Expertise
Correction or Castigation
Reward or Incentive
Persuasion
Mentoring or Coaching
Relationships or Individual or group interactions
Direction or Vision
Charismatic or Personable
Did the members or attendees have an opportunity to express
opinions? Were they asked for suggestions, ideas, and
information?
Did you recognize any conflict, disrespect, or tension among the
members or attendees? If so, was the source of the conflict
evident?
Did you observe the participants' body language (such as
posturing, positioning, or gesturing) when different topics were
introduced? Describe it.
What was the intended outcome of the meeting? Was it

3. achieved? Why or why not? What were the pivotal moments of
the meeting which contributed to its success or failure?
Part II
Complete the following tasks to provide an overall critique of
the meeting you attended:
Identify the positive, effective qualities of the meeting in one
list, and identify the qualities which were ineffective in a
separate list.
Arrange each list from top to bottom, from most important to
least important.
Take the top three ranked factors from each list and explain the
affect they had on the meeting.
Part III
You need to organize a meeting to introduce a new project in a
health service organization. The project is sufficiently complex
in size and nature to require an expanded cross-section of
expertise from within and outside the organization. You are
responsible for inviting the necessary individuals and
representatives of involved departments and professional
functions to the meeting.
Based on the principles contained in the articles, textbook, and
elected independent research provided in the course, complete
the following tasks:
Develop an agenda for the meeting.
Provide information, expertise, and background on the invited
attendees. Explain the rationale and intended functional
expertise each attendee brings to the group.
Recognize and develop measurable objectives to assess the
success of the planned meeting.
Compile your responses to
Parts I, II, and III
in a 7- to 8-page Microsoft Word document.
Support your responses with examples.
Cite any sources in APA format. Include all in text citations