Effective Meetings/Organising Effective Meetings

What are meetings for?

 * Record keeping and accountability
 * Share information
 * Make decisions
 * Networking
 * Setting a schedule to deliver decisions
 * Training
 * Maintaining and developing a collective identity

Different sorts of meetings

 * Committee Meetings
 * Sub-Committee Meetings
 * Open and Public Meetings
 * Annual General Meeting (AGM)
 * Focus Groups and consultation meetings
 * Training Session

Different Meetings need different styles

 * Formality: This is the degree to which the meeting or activity should follow set procedures.
 * Any legal requirements (constitution)‏
 * Any monitoring requirements
 * Any decisions: how will they be made
 * Any elections

How formal do you need to be?

 * Resources managed
 * Skills and commitments of those involved
 * The activities carried out by the organisation

Decision Making

 * Do people understand how things are going to be done?
 * Is there a quorum?
 * Consensus decision making
 * Simple majority/larger majority
 * How will decision be implemented

Activity
Developed by Leutha, September 2008