Being able to put on an effective meeting can help you to keep your team and your client’s in the know about your business. There are many dos and don’ts when it comes to putting on an effective business meeting. The following are a few tips on how to put on an effective business function in a meeting room.
Quick and Effective
One of the best pieces of advice about planning a business meeting is to keep it short and sweet. If your business meeting lasts over an hour, you are in danger of losing the attention of your employees. When someone becomes bored during a business function, they will not retain any of the information that is being given to them, which means that you are wasting your time trying to pump too much information into them at one time. If you are putting on a meeting about employee productivity, it will be rather pointless to hold employees in a meeting for over an hour, instead of having the meeting quickly and let them get back to work. If you feel like your meeting is going to take longer than an hour, be sure to give your guests a break for stretching and snacks.
Stay on Topic
One of the most common mistakes made by business owners during meetings is that they have a hard time staying on topic. By jumping from one thing to another, you will only confuse your guests and be in danger of having a pointless meeting. Before you ever even enter the meeting room, you need to have a clear and concise plan on the subject matter that you want to cover during the function. By staying on point during your meeting, you will be able to inform and educate your guests.
At Weston Town Center Executive Suites, we can offer you great meeting room space with a lot of amenities. We offer state of the art tools for you to use and all at very affordable prices.
Glen Rostie January 8th, 2014
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