Comments on: Effective Meetings 101 http://www.beginnerbusiness.com/effective-meetings-101/ Starting up, starting over, and staying fresh Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:12:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Aaron Dragushan http://www.beginnerbusiness.com/effective-meetings-101/#comment-12 Aaron Dragushan Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:20:36 +0000 http://www.beginnerbusiness.com/effective-meetings-101.html#comment-12 Nice. Reframing it with a new word that doesn't any associations yet is a nice idea. Nice. Reframing it with a new word that doesn’t any associations yet is a nice idea.

]]> By: Byron Alley http://www.beginnerbusiness.com/effective-meetings-101/#comment-11 Byron Alley Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:31:07 +0000 http://www.beginnerbusiness.com/effective-meetings-101.html#comment-11 Definitely. That sounds a lot like what I'm calling Stand-Ups or Huddles. The idea of Stand-Ups seems to be becoming popular in the business world now, although for those of us who do virtual meetings, the idea of "standing up for the whole meeting" is not really applicable! I also like the term "huddle" because it suggests what you're saying - that you have this urgency. I imagine a football team on the field having a huddle. Everyone knows this is an action-oriented, quick meeting. I like the special term just because I've seen many "quick" meetings that lasted for hours. By having a special term, it conveys what the format is. "Quick" could mean 1 hour instead of 3, but a "huddle" is something that lasts for minutes. Definitely.

That sounds a lot like what I’m calling Stand-Ups or Huddles. The idea of Stand-Ups seems to be becoming popular in the business world now, although for those of us who do virtual meetings, the idea of “standing up for the whole meeting” is not really applicable!

I also like the term “huddle” because it suggests what you’re saying - that you have this urgency. I imagine a football team on the field having a huddle. Everyone knows this is an action-oriented, quick meeting.

I like the special term just because I’ve seen many “quick” meetings that lasted for hours. By having a special term, it conveys what the format is. “Quick” could mean 1 hour instead of 3, but a “huddle” is something that lasts for minutes.

]]> By: Aaron Dragushan http://www.beginnerbusiness.com/effective-meetings-101/#comment-10 Aaron Dragushan Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:52:07 +0000 http://www.beginnerbusiness.com/effective-meetings-101.html#comment-10 I like to declare/mention that we're going to have a *quick* meeting about something, so everyone comes into it with that mentality. Fast meetings are all about a sense of urgency. Ok what else? Are we finished? ... Ok what else? Are we finished? I like to declare/mention that we’re going to have a *quick* meeting about something, so everyone comes into it with that mentality. Fast meetings are all about a sense of urgency.

Ok what else? Are we finished?

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Ok what else? Are we finished?

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