Chris Fenning explains how to use your meeting invitation as an introduction. Include the topic, purpose, and expected output in the invite, then read it aloud at the start to focus everyone and set clear outcomes.
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How to have a great meeting, tip number 6: Use the invitation as your introduction. When you start a meeting, you want people to focus. You want people to understand why they're there and give them a good, clear idea of what the output of the meeting is going to be. What better way to do this than use the invitation that's already giving them that information? If you write a great invitation that includes a clear topic, a clear purpose, and a clear output, You can read that invitation out as the introduction to the meeting. It's going to make it clear what people are there to do and what they are expecting to produce by the end of their time together. So if you want to have a great meeting, use your invitation as the introduction.