The Project Management Tool Kit: 100 Tips and Techniques for Getting the Job Done Right

Participants

Meeting participants include people who are critical to decisions and recommendations that must be made, people who will be affected by the outcomes of the meeting, and people with knowledge and expertise in the topics that will be discussed. Effective meetings depend on diversity, so involve all necessary people.

Several roles are essential for effective meetings, and these are best established before the meeting. Leading an effective meeting requires two roles: facilitation, focused on the meeting processes, and managing, focused on the meeting content. Although one person can fill these two roles, it is generally much more effective to assign these to different people. This is particularly true of large, formal meetings, where ...