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9 Tips for Highly Productive Meetings

Rose Leadem — April 10, 2018 — April 10, 2018 Hours and hours are wasted every week on unproductive meetings. And that’s time that could be spent on other important business initiatives to better move a company forward. Because it’s not only an employee’s time that’s wasted but an employer’s money too. According to research, … Continue reading 9 Tips for Highly Productive Meetings →

4 Keys to Hosting Successful Meetings

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Renzo Costarella — February 28, 2018 — February 28, 2018 StockSnap / Pixabay If you’re like most business professionals, your day is likely filled with meetings. Meetings can be a great way to gather your team and make important business decisions. On the contrary, they can also be a total waste of time. In fact, … Continue reading 4 Keys to Hosting Successful Meetings →

Here’s Why You Need to Schedule More Lunch Meetings

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Renzo Costarella — February 6, 2018 — February 6, 2018 neshom / Pixabay When it comes to scheduling meetings you typically have plenty of options. Phone, Skype, their office, the coffee shop, the list goes on. When you finally get in touch with that potential client it’s up to you to win them over in … Continue reading Here’s Why You Need to Schedule More Lunch Meetings →

How to Structure Your Meetings to Help, Not Hurt, Efficiency

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Dania Dunlap-Hurden — August 5, 2017 — August 5, 2017 cdu445 / Pixabay Meetings. The word is enough to strike fear into the hearts of most employees. It evokes wasted time, wasted money, and, above all, wasted energy. They’re slow, pointless, and most of them could be accomplished via email, right? Wrong. Meetings don’t have … Continue reading How to Structure Your Meetings to Help, Not Hurt, Efficiency →

How Much Should Agencies Charge Clients For In-Person Meetings That Require Extended Travel?

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Karl Sakas — June 29, 2017 Follow @KarlSakas — June 29, 2017 ThePixelman / Pixabay How much should your agency charge to fly to visit clients? Enough to cover the Opportunity Cost. One agency owner reached out for help, because one of her new retainer clients was insisting the agency send someone in-person to an … Continue reading How Much Should Agencies Charge Clients For In-Person Meetings That Require Extended Travel? →

Brainstorming Meetings: What To Do When They’re All Storm & No Brain

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Brooke B. Sellas — May 10, 2017 Follow @madSMscientist— May 10, 2017 Remember when brainstorming meetings were cool? The problem with getting together with your cohorts and coercing the creative juices to flow is that creativity doesn’t work like that; it’s not tied to deadlines. Nor does creativity care that such-and-such is due today. So … Continue reading Brainstorming Meetings: What To Do When They’re All Storm & No Brain →

How to Have Productive Meetings With Your Distributors

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Joel Goldstein — February 3, 2017 Follow @joelgoldstein— February 3, 2017 Distributors spend a lot of their time on the road selling and delivering products to retailers. But, once in a while it can be incredibly beneficial to schedule a sit down meeting with your distribution team to catch up on business. Because you probably … Continue reading How to Have Productive Meetings With Your Distributors →

Avoid FOMO, How Declining Certain Work Meetings May Increase Productivity

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Catherine Pidgeon — November 17, 2016 — November 17, 2016 The first step to reclaiming your inbox is understanding your communication behaviors and baselines – do you spend more than 20 hours per week in meetings and do you schedule more than 2-3 meetings per week with your team? If so, you may be distracting … Continue reading Avoid FOMO, How Declining Certain Work Meetings May Increase Productivity →

6 Simple Rules For Hosting Better Virtual Meetings

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Darleen DeRosa — November 9, 2016 Follow @onpoint_llc— November 9, 2016 Virtual meetings are an essential way for geographically dispersed teams to connect and accomplish tasks. However, virtual leaders sometimes conduct an ineffective meeting or host them for the wrong reasons. This can cause team members to tune out and do things they’d never have … Continue reading 6 Simple Rules For Hosting Better Virtual Meetings →

6 Tested Techniques for Dramatically Improved One on One Meetings

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by Sahil MehtaSeptember 21, 2016 There have been too many articles, white papers, and case studies written on the “death of the annual performance review.” But when you brush past the hyperbole, you find a diverse list of successful companies changing the way they measure employees. Surprisingly, it’s not just the Googles, Zappos, or *insert … Continue reading 6 Tested Techniques for Dramatically Improved One on One Meetings →