Boring Meetings Suck: Get More Out of Your Meetings, or Get Out of More Meetings

Index

# (Twitter hashtags), 17, 18, 38

ActivPassport, 22

Ad hoc meetings, 16, 35, 44, 52, 66, 149, 164

Agendas, 55–59

All-hands meetings, 70, 71

Alternatives to meetings, 202–204

Annual meetings, 176–178

AOL, 163

Apps, 14, 76

Attendees, responsibilities of, 3, 5, 6, 81, 91, 124, 125, 127, 135, 136, 201

Audacity, 109

Audience feedback, 17–19

Audience response technology, 19, 20

Audio. See also Microphones

podcasts, 20

in PowerPoint presentations, 97, 107–109

problems with, 18, 180–184

Ball, Corbin, 11

Basecamp, 16, 139

Big meetings

annual meetings, 176–178

attendee SRDs, 183, 184, 189

audio issues, 180–184

company retreats, 176, 177

conventions, 176

distractions, 184–189

emcee SRDs, 198–200

emcees, 194–200

guest speakers, 190–192

introductions, 192–195

organizer SRDs, 179, 180, 182, 188, 190–192, 194, 197, 198

planning for, 170–176

problems with, 169, 170

professional planners, 173–175

speaker SRDs, 182, 183, 189, 192, 194, 195

teambuilding, 176, 177

Big Stock, 107

Body language, 110, 114, 115, 164

Boone, Mary, 171–173

Bore No More!, 3, 5, 7, 40, 62, 77, 81, 99, 107, 123, 127, 133, 210

Boring meetings, attendee SRDs for, 206–209

Brainstorming meetings

attendee SRDs, 144, 145

facilitator SRDs, 142–144

getting out of, 145

goals of, 141

problems with, 140–142

Canterucci, Jim, 137

Cell phones. See Mobile devices

Certified Meeting Planner (CMP), 174

Change Project Management: The Next Step (Canterucci), 137

Collaboration space, 85, 87, 88, 101

Company retreats, 176, 177

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