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

Nothing More Boring Than a Boring Book about Boring Meetings

Yes, this is a book about meetings, but I solemnly promise it's not another boring meeting book. The only thing worse than a boring meeting is a boring book about meetings! Trust me, I know. This is a fun, doable-instead-of-daunting read, so even the busiest of road warriors can dig in and derive value in a few minutes.

In this book, Boring Meetings Suck, I want to do more than share my secrets. I want to empower you to take responsibility and make any meeting you attend better, even if it looks hopeless. If it's truly hopeless, I'll also let you in on my years of research about how to get out of a meeting without getting fired—an art form in itself.

To speed things along, I've introduced what we at Bore No More! headquarters have christened Suckification Reduction Devices—SRDs, for short. They're easy-to-read and even-easier-to-implement ideas that you'll appreciate having when you find yourself stuck in another boring meeting.

You'll see SRDs for facilitators, attendees, presenters and organizers noted at the end of each Agenda Item. They're true gems that can catapult you from a mere participant to a “Get More Out of Meetings, or Get Out of More Meetings” master.