5 Rules for Running Meetings

5 Rules for Running Meetings

“I wish I had more meetings to attend,” said no one ever. It has become a universal law that meetings are bad. They waste time. They rarely accomplish anything. Nobody likes them, but everybody continues to schedule them. They are a necessary evil. They are a primary...

How to Create a Project Communication Plan

Communication is one of the most difficult things a project manager has to manage within an organization. Meaningful information must be gathered and distributed among the many stakeholders on a project. Because of this, it is important to create a project...

7 Tips for Meeting Participants

In last week’s blog, I detailed 8 Tips for Meeting Facilitators.  This week, I’ll discuss 7 tips for meeting participants. 1) Be on time. I know, this was a tip for the facilitator, but it applies to everyone.  If you are a lower level worker who...

8 Tips for Meeting Facilitators

Meetings: the ultimate necessary evil. I’ve met few people who haven’t complained about another meeting; or dreading the idea of another Monday morning status meeting, stealing an hour of their life every week. There are certainly too many meetings in this...