1. Prepare an agenda in advance to prioritize the most important topics and stay focused during the meeting. 2. Schedule meetings to start 10-15 minutes before the hour to encourage punctuality, and allocate time limits to each agenda item and speaker. 3. Assign someone to take notes during the meeting and get feedback from an external observer to improve future meetings, and follow up at the end by having participants set goals based on the discussion.

1. My five
minutes bell
3 Effective tips to run a
successful business meeting.
Miguel Angel Bueno Siqueiros

2. 1. Prepare, plan and prioritize.
• Having a plan of what you will talk about during the meeting and
prioritizing the things that matters the most to focus on them,
helps the meeting to direct towards specifics instead of just
improvising on the spot.

3. 2. Schedule the meeting and time it.
• Schedule the meeting 10 minutes or 15 minutes before a full hour,
this sends a subliminal message to people that they have to be on
time instead that just getting before the meeting starts.
• If you arranged the meeting, be there before so everything is ready
and you can prevent any errors.
• Give a time to each topic or to each person and time it.
Communication has to be effective so everything that has been
plan can be reviewed in its totality and everyone gets the same
amount of time to speak.

4. 3. Notes and following.
• Have someone take notes and if you can have someone external
pay attention to the people attending the meeting and give you
feedback on what he/she saw during the meeting.
• This way you can get feedback and see how you can improve for
next meetings.
• Give a follow up at the and of the meeting and have people make
goals on the purposes of what was view during the meeting.

5. Thank you!