Dealing with Meetings You Can't Stand: Meet Less and Do More

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In-Flight Entertainment: Meeting Processes

Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it.

—CHINESE PROVERB

There are eight different processes that you can use at a meeting. All are not used at every meeting. Which processes are used simply depends on what you are trying to accomplish with each agenda item. However, some processes usually go together or in sequence.

Let’s explore the eight meeting processes:

1.  Brainstorming

2.  Matching

3.  Mismatching

4.  Discussion

5.  Presentation

6.  Question and answer (Q&A)

7.  Rating, ...