4 WAYS YOU CAN

AVERT MEETING

DISASTER

STAFF

MEETINGS.

PRODUCTION

MEETINGS.

CLIENT

MEETINGS.

MEETINGS ARE JUST

A PART OF EVERYDAY

LIFE IN DESIGN

OFFICES AROUND

THE WORLD

SO, WHAT’S

THE PROBLEM?

THE PROBLEM IS SIMPLE:

YOUR MEETINGS KEEP

TURNING INTO DISASTERS.

PEOPLE ARE

LATE TO YOUR

MEETINGS, OR

THEY DON’T

SHOW UP

AT ALL.

PEOPLE HAVE

NO IDEA WHAT

IS SUPPOSED

TO HAPPEN IN

YOUR

MEETINGS.

YOUR MEETINGS

START LATE, GO

DOWN RABBIT

HOLES, AND

TAKE FOREVER.

WORST OF

ALL, NO ONE

DOES WHAT

THEY AGREE

TO DO!

BUT YOU ARE NOT ALONE. THERE IS HELP.

ALLOW US TO

PRESENT 4 FAST

AND EASY WAYS

TO PREVENT

MEETING

DISASTERS.

TIP #

DO NOT

SCHEDULE

MEETINGS ON

MONDAYS!

WORST OF

ALL, NO ONE

DOES WHAT

THEY AGREE

TO DO!

TOO

SIMPLE

TO BE

TRUE?

PEOPLE ARE NOT AT THEIR

BEST RIGHT BEFFORE OR

RIGHT AFTER THE WEEKEND.

SCHEDULEING

A MEETING ON

THOSE DAYS

IS INVITING

DISASTER.

MAKE

TUESDAY,

WEDNESDAY,

OR THURSDAY

YOUR PRIME

MEETING DAYS.

TIP #

KNOW

WHAT’S ON

THE AGENDA

MODEL

AIRPLANES.

BIKES.

HOUSES.

YOU WOULD

NEVER TRY TO

SUCCESSFULLY

BUILD ANY OF

THOSE WITHOUT

A PLAN.

SO WHY

WOULD YOU

HAVE A

MEETING

WITHOUT A

PLAN?

YOUR

AGENDA IS

YOUR

GUIDEPOST

TO MEETING

SUCCESS!

CREATE A LIST OF WHAT

IS EXPECTED AND FROM

WHOM.

SENDING OUT THE

AGENDA WITH

YOUR MEETING

REQUEST WILL

HELP YOU ESCAPE

DISASTER.

TIP #

TIMELINESS

MATTERS

DO YOUR MEETINGS

START LATE OR DRAG

ON AND ON?

THE REASON

THAT

HAPPENS IS

SIMPLE:

TIME.

MEETINGS

MUST

START ON

TIME!

AND EACH

PRESENTER

SHOULD KNOW

HOW MUCH

TIME THEY HAVE

TO PRESENT.

WITHOUT THE

STRUCTURE OF A

MEETING

SCHEDULE, YOU

CAN COUNT ON

THINGS RUNNING

AMOK.

TIP #

FOLLOW UP

ON SUCCESS

IF YOU FOLLOW OUR FIRST 3

TIPS, THEN YOUR MEETINGS

SHOULD END IN SUCCESS.

BUT THE JOB

IS NOT DONE

WHEN THE

MEETING IS

OVER!

YOU MUST

FOLLOW UP AFTER

THE MEETING TO

REMIND PEOPLE

OF THE

IMPORTANT

THINGS.

WHAT WAS

DECIDED? WHO

HAS WHICH

TASK? WHEN

ARE THE

RESULTS

EXPECTED?

FOLLOWING UP

AFTER YOUR

MEETING IS THE

BEST WAY TO

ENSURE YOU AVOID

FUTURE DISASTERS!

THESE 4 TIPS ARE FAST AND EASY,

AND THEY’LL STOP YOUR STREAK

OF MEETING DISASTERS…