Comments on: Meetings http://www.shoestringbranding.com/2008/03/05/meetings/ Branding for Entrepreneurs Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:04:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Adam Singer http://www.shoestringbranding.com/2008/03/05/meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-4467 Adam Singer Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:47:36 +0000 http://www.shoestringbranding.com/2008/03/05/meetings/#comment-4467 Agreed on all counts. Meetings are a total waste of time...avoid them at all costs if you treasure your productivity. Agreed on all counts. Meetings are a total waste of time…avoid them at all costs if you treasure your productivity.

]]> By: Scot Herrick http://www.shoestringbranding.com/2008/03/05/meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-590 Scot Herrick Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:23:07 +0000 http://www.shoestringbranding.com/2008/03/05/meetings/#comment-590 I'd add an important one for not having effective meetings: participants are more interested in their Blackberry than participating in the meeting. External communications during a meeting adds a great deal of time to the meeting, causes missed action items, and wastes other people's time. Perhaps it is because they shouldn't be there (too many participants), but it is remarkable how people are physically present but really aren't there at all. I’d add an important one for not having effective meetings: participants are more interested in their Blackberry than participating in the meeting.

External communications during a meeting adds a great deal of time to the meeting, causes missed action items, and wastes other people’s time.

Perhaps it is because they shouldn’t be there (too many participants), but it is remarkable how people are physically present but really aren’t there at all.

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