Comments on: Eight Tips for Healthy Meetings http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:59:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Cecilia http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-314659 Cecilia Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:11:15 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/#comment-314659 This is a good information needed by everyone to hold a meeting. keep it up. This is a good information needed by everyone to hold a meeting. keep it up.

]]> By: lauren’s library blog » tethered technology http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-43363 lauren’s library blog » tethered technology Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:59:11 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/#comment-43363 [...] time to start thinking about that for meetings. The questions might be more along the lines of how do we run a meeting, who really needs to be in the meeting, and is an in-person meeting the best way to work on the [...] [...] time to start thinking about that for meetings. The questions might be more along the lines of how do we run a meeting, who really needs to be in the meeting, and is an in-person meeting the best way to work on the [...]

]]> By: kgs http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-37033 kgs Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:47:45 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/#comment-37033 Tanya, that is a great addition. Meetings are not staff counseling sessions, and employees will start avoiding them if they fear they will be the object of direct (or almost worse, indirect) dressing-down or correction. Tanya, that is a great addition. Meetings are not staff counseling sessions, and employees will start avoiding them if they fear they will be the object of direct (or almost worse, indirect) dressing-down or correction.

]]> By: Tanya http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-36770 Tanya Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:22:54 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/#comment-36770 I appreciate and agree with the wonderful points made above, it really freshens up your attitude to see and feel the enthusiasm and logic that is a prerequisite of a successful and cumulative meeting. The clarity and relevance of all agenda items, and general business, discussed at meetings, is much better kept as much to the point as humanly possible! Also beware agenda items for meetings which are thinly disguised excuses for 'public whipping posts'. Any negativity and/or critiscm of a staff members work or methods should only be discussed privately and beneficially between appropriate staff members, not aired at a staff meeting in the guise of a thinly veiled agenda item. This does happen, and is unethical and uncalled for and will not promote good will, nor rapport or a sense of security in the workplace. I appreciate and agree with the wonderful points made above, it really freshens up your attitude to see and feel the enthusiasm and logic that is a prerequisite of a successful and cumulative meeting. The clarity and relevance of all agenda items, and general business, discussed at meetings, is much better kept as much to the point as humanly possible! Also beware agenda items for meetings which are thinly disguised excuses for ‘public whipping posts’. Any negativity and/or critiscm of a staff members work or methods should only be discussed privately and beneficially between appropriate staff members, not aired at a staff meeting in the guise of a thinly veiled agenda item. This does happen, and is unethical and uncalled for and will not promote good will, nor rapport or a sense of security in the workplace.

]]> By: Sarah Houghton-Jan (LiB) http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-33579 Sarah Houghton-Jan (LiB) Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:55:08 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/#comment-33579 Thank you for #3. Meeting showcases for previously-made decisions seem to be very common in all types of organizations. I think everyone would say they had witnessed such a meeting at least once. But I think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who would know (much less, admit) that they had been part of the problem that created such a meeting. Why is that? Do we all have a hard time seeing our own control issues? Our own subversion of the decision-making process that is in place? *sigh* Makes me sad, I say...sad! Thank you for #3. Meeting showcases for previously-made decisions seem to be very common in all types of organizations. I think everyone would say they had witnessed such a meeting at least once. But I think you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who would know (much less, admit) that they had been part of the problem that created such a meeting. Why is that? Do we all have a hard time seeing our own control issues? Our own subversion of the decision-making process that is in place? *sigh* Makes me sad, I say…sad!

]]> By: Career advice from the “To Blog” folder | Information Wants To Be Free http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-26848 Career advice from the “To Blog” folder | Information Wants To Be Free Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:04:06 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/#comment-26848 [...] finally, continuing the meeting discussion from last week comes Karen Schneider’s excellent Eight Tips for Healthy Meetings. In this post, Karen lays out some of the essential ingredients of a good meting and brings up the [...] [...] finally, continuing the meeting discussion from last week comes Karen Schneider’s excellent Eight Tips for Healthy Meetings. In this post, Karen lays out some of the essential ingredients of a good meting and brings up the [...]

]]> By: Best practices for “healthy meetings” « Shannon Speaks http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-26094 Best practices for “healthy meetings” « Shannon Speaks Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:14:14 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/#comment-26094 [...] exactly what I’m doing right now. Check out K. G. Schneider’s latest blog entry on healthy meetings for your organization at Free Range Librarian. It provides a summary of ways to keep your [...] [...] exactly what I’m doing right now. Check out K. G. Schneider’s latest blog entry on healthy meetings for your organization at Free Range Librarian. It provides a summary of ways to keep your [...]

]]> By: kgs http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-25928 kgs Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:02:19 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/#comment-25928 Oh, Shannon, what an excellent point. A clear, compact agenda does encourage the quieter contributors to speak. It also makes it easier for everyone to generate ideas. Agendas are brain maps. Oh, Shannon, what an excellent point. A clear, compact agenda does encourage the quieter contributors to speak. It also makes it easier for everyone to generate ideas.

Agendas are brain maps.

]]> By: Shannon http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-25919 Shannon Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:34:04 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/#comment-25919 Agendas are key. By sticking to them, meetings can be kept short, sweet, and are more likely to be of use to all the people invited to attend. They're very useful in keeping the breathless late person from their V.I.S. I've also found people who tend to be quiet and hesitant to speak up are more likely to contribute if they know the meeting is brief and focussed; knowing exactly when their opening will occur, and their teammates will still have energy and the desire to listen, helps a great deal. This blog should be mandatory reading. Agendas are key. By sticking to them, meetings can be kept short, sweet, and are more likely to be of use to all the people invited to attend. They’re very useful in keeping the breathless late person from their V.I.S. I’ve also found people who tend to be quiet and hesitant to speak up are more likely to contribute if they know the meeting is brief and focussed; knowing exactly when their opening will occur, and their teammates will still have energy and the desire to listen, helps a great deal. This blog should be mandatory reading.

]]> By: LibrarySupportStaff.Org » Healthy Meetings http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-25870 LibrarySupportStaff.Org » Healthy Meetings Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:56:00 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/26/eight-tips-for-healthy-meetings/#comment-25870 [...] Eight Tips for Healthy Meetings is a post by Karen, a.k.a. Free Range Librarian. [...] [...] Eight Tips for Healthy Meetings is a post by Karen, a.k.a. Free Range Librarian. [...]

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