Source: Tim Cordell on Cartoonstock.com Many years ago I was asked to represent my company on a national committee. I had to fly from Portland, Oregon to Washington D.C. for the meeting, find my way around the city...
How we begin matters. In the life of every project there is a time before, when the project exists as a possibility. From this possibility, we craft our intentions for the project. We envision what could be,...
There’s a meeting on your calendar that’s fast approaching, but you’re just not sure about it. Maybe you’re too busy. Maybe your co-workers are too busy. Maybe you see it as an interruption that will keep you...
Hint: Download the PDF facilitator guides for all 4 meetings at the end of this post. Most teams run status meetings because they always have. Because someone told them to. Because that’s what they did in their...
The bookshelves in the Lucid Meetings main office are jam-packed with business books, technical references, Esther Gokhale’s fabulous 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back (posture, people!), and TONS and tons of books about meetings. Many of which...
Tip: Be sure not to miss the downloadable business meeting invitation email templates at the end of the story “Hey, do you have a minute?” That’s the best invitation for the most common type of meeting. You know, the kind...
There are lots of articles out there on how to put together an agenda, many of which focus on proper agenda etiquette, including formatting, logistics, and the judicious use of inspirational quotes. If you’re running formal board meetings or...
Project managers with training and experience know that there’s more to running a project than simply writing down some dates and hounding people for status updates. Scrum masters and Agile coaches who have worked with more than...
We develop software designed to improve collaborative meetings, and the people we reach out to are those who often hold collaborative meetings. When we talk about collaborative meetings, it sometimes sounds like we’re just flipping our verbs...
Salary.com conducts a semi-regular survey to discover how employees waste time at work. While social media definitely has an impact, the reported champion time-waster was too many meetings. Again. Responding to surveys didn’t even make the list. If...
