The document emphasizes the importance of effective meetings, outlining key rules such as evaluating the necessity and purpose of a meeting. It provides a structured approach for conducting meetings, highlighting preparation, control during the meeting, and summarizing outcomes. Additionally, it encourages participants to engage altruistically for personal and professional growth and introduces tools to facilitate better meeting management.

1. Christian Güdemann
@guedeWebGate
Roman Weber
@RomanWebGate
Become your Company‘s
next Meeting Hero!

2. What do you
feel when you
hear the word
„Meeting“?

13. Some figures!

14. Some figures!

15. Meetings are Collaboration at
it‘s best!
Meetings, show you understand
Listen actively
Show empathy

17. Rule 1:
Consider meeting alternatives

18. Rule 2:
Think hard..
Is a meeting
necessary?

19. Rule 3:
A meeting NEEDS
a purpose!

20. Examples of
Purposes
1. Solve a problem
2. Need a decision
3. Need a plan
4. Important news
5. Launching something new

21. Minimal Structure is needed!
The Beginning
The Middle
The End

22. The Beginning
• Set the stage
• Make sure everyboy knows about
the purpose
• Mentally prepare the audience for
action

23. The Middle (Stay in Control)
• Doing what you came to do
• Consumes easily 80% of the time
• Make decisions
• Solve problems
• Generate ideas
• Provide information
• Gather data
• Act heroically!!!

24. The End
• 5 min cool down & summerize
• Everyone‘s clear what has
happend
• Everyone‘s clear about the actions
• Leave a positive feeling
For yourself
=> evaluate what worked and what did not work!

25. Other keys to success
• Be assertive, not aggressive
• Ask for other people’s ideas
• Build on them
• Offer your ideas
• Construct the solution for everyone’s
needs.
• Encourage further dialogue

26. I, (Your Name), do solemnly
swear that I will only call a
meeting if I have a clear and
meaningful reason for doing so,
and other equally effective and
less expensive methods of
reaching any goals are not
available to me.
Take the Pledge!!

28. We‘ve designed a
#NewWayToMeet

29. Use the goodmeeting.biz on Greenhouse!

30. Some Features……
Run or
Replay a
Meeting
Open a
Meeting
Open the
Meeting
Minutes

31. Some Features……
You can invite anybody who has
a greenhouse account
Connect meetings into a
MeetingChain

32. Some Features……
Meeting ToDo‘s become
Activities in IBM Connection
Time Progress Bar‘s
for the meeting plan
Completed agenda
items

33. Click on any of those
Blog articles to find
valuable informations
about meetings =>

36. Act heroically => Meetings need
hero‘s
3 Reasons to accept the challenge
• Altruism
• Your happiness
• Your career