How Do You Write An Effective Meeting Agenda?
If you go to the trouble of planning and presenting a meeting to your staff, you want to make sure to use their time–and yours–effectively. This method of writing a meeting agenda will help you accomplish that and help your staff retain the information given at the meeting. Step 1 Head your agenda with the date, time and title or purpose of the meeting. Step 2 Create a welcome message for your staff. An inspirational quote, a list of items to bring to the meeting or a list of tasks that must be completed prior to the meeting are good ideas. A quality welcome message will help to get your staff members engaged. Step 3 Compile a list of topics you will be discussing at the meeting. The first item on the list should refer to the welcome message as this will make the message meaningful and purposeful. Step 4 Approximate the time that will be spent on each item. This will help your staff determine the importance of each item and prepare to participate in the discussion if time allows. Ste
