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8 Ways to Make Meetings Useful

standup-meeting.jpgNobody likes meetings. Know why? Because they tend to be a waste of time. The Good Life on a Budget blog offers 8 tips for making meetings productive, including:

Tip #1: Set an agenda prior to the meeting with brief bullet points and send it out ahead of time. This lets the participants know what they're in for.

Tip #2: Limit the amount of attendees. Include the people who have the knowledge and the audience who will get the most out of the discussion.

Plenty of good advice here, but I'm still partial to the previously posted idea of making all meeting attendees stand up. And let's not forget the ever-popular "topless" meeting. Any meeting-productivity tips of your own to add? Click through to the Comments and let 'em fly!

(Photo by Toni Malin)

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