How to have great meetings tip 1: Have a clear purpose

21 Mar 2022 · 1 min

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This content was created by Chris Fenning. This content was uploaded by Chris Fenning. This is a YouTube video titled "How to have great meetings tip 1: Have a clear purpose" (published 2022-03-21). It contains a short instructional talk by a single speaker (labelled SPEAKER A) giving practical advice on running effective meetings, emphasizing the need to define a clear purpose and the desired output (e.g., a decision, checklist, input, or ideas) before convening attendees.

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How to have a great meeting. Tip number 1, have a clear purpose. You're about to bring people together to spend time out of their working day. If you don't have a clear purpose, you're not going to know why those people are there, and they're not going to know either. If you don't have a clear purpose, your meeting is not going to be successful because it's not going to be clear what you're trying to achieve from it. So how do you have a clear purpose? Well, start by thinking about the output that you want. What is the thing that you want to be different by the end of the meeting? Perhaps you need to create a checklist, get a decision, get input from a group, come up with a list of ideas. Whatever it is you need to do, there should be a clear purpose for why you're bringing a group of people together in a meeting. So if you want to have a great meeting, make sure you have a clear purpose.