How Do You Create An Effective Meeting Agenda?
There are several websites and posts that have information on how to set an agenda for a meeting. However, as many meetings can be quickly use vast amounts of time in a busy work schedule, ensuring that meetings run on time and cover all the topics necessary is critical task. Research suggests that a the average manager will spend about 20% of his or her time each week stuck in time consuming tasks such as meetings. That is one full work day each week, stuck in mostly meetings. Here are some tips to create an effective agenda and get everyone back to work in a timely manner. What is the purpose of the meeting? Is this a weekly meeting or a project meeting? These are some key questions that should be addressed in the agenda at the outset of the meeting. An agenda should be developed around the key purpose of the meeting. If it a weekly office meeting, then several to-do’s, announcements, and weekly business topics will be addressed. Weekly meetings are generally less formal, and the age
