Posts Tagged ‘meeting’

For iPhone: Find a convenient time for teleconferences, easily

Often, I have telephone and online conferences with people in different timezones and need to schedule a convenient time for everyone. Problem is that there are no suitable tools that allow me to change to different time quickly and view the time in different timezones. So we developed a handy little productivity app for iPhone called "Meeting Time". Yes, this is developed in-house by the guys at Stepcase. After… Continue reading

November 26 2008 | By Leon | Tagged: app, iphone, meeting, teleconference, timezone | 6 comments»

5 Alternatives to Time-Wasting Meetings

Nobody likes meetings. Well, not “nobody” – that older guy with the beard that nobody seems to know personally that comes to every meeting? He likes meetings, because he gets a free donut and a nap. But other than him, most people see meetings as way too unproductive and time-consuming to be likable. Necessary, sometimes, but not likable. There are a lot of reasons why meetings can waste more time than… Continue reading

August 6 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: brainstorming, collaboration, im, meeting, software, web-app | 20 comments»

How to win Arguments – Dos, Don’ts and Sneaky Tactics

There is not much point in having brilliant ideas if we cannot persuade people of their value. Persuasive debaters can win arguments using the force of their reason and by the skillful deployment of many handy techniques. Here are some general dos and don’ts to help you win arguments together with some sneaky tactics to be aware of. Do:

Stay calm. Even if you get passionate about your point you must stay

July 8 2008 | By Paul | Tagged: argument, battle, controversy, debate, discussion, foe, meeting, opponent, win | 37 comments»

4 Effective Presentation Techniques

Every once in a while, we are entrusted with the task of presentation. It may be to demo a new product, to present a plan or to explain a new process that you've helped create. Whatever the reason and however many presentations you've given before, it's something that not everyone is comfortable doing. Here are some of the presentation techniques that I've learnt in my experience to help you conduct an… Continue reading

July 4 2008 | By Raj | Tagged: business, meeting, presentation, presenting, public-speaking | 11 comments»

Six Great Ways to Ruin a Brainstorm

The brainstorm is the most popular group creativity exercise. It is quick, easy and it works. But many organizations have become frustrated with brainstorms and have stopped using them. They say brainstorms are old-fashioned and no longer effective. But the real reason for the frustrations is that the brainstorms are not facilitated properly. A well-run brainstorm is fun and energetic. It will generate plenty of good ideas. But a poor… Continue reading

May 1 2008 | By Paul | Tagged: brainstorm, business, idea, meeting, thinking | 8 comments»

Where are the aids for increasing GENUINE personal productivity?

Too much of today's personal productivity is stuck in repeating the past

A genuine increase in productivity means getting the same, or greater, output with less effort and a smaller use of resources. Yet most personal productivity software still relies on various ways to categorize old-fashioned to-do lists. That focuses on getting more done by improved organization; it's working harder for longer (mostly by virtue of avoiding distractions and procrastination)… Continue reading

March 13 2008 | By Adrian | Tagged: lists, meeting, priorities, Productivity, software, todo | 13 comments»

3 Ways To Get Meetings Back On Track

Shannon Kalvar takes the approach of assuming many meetings not only have the habit of drifting fast off point, but are happy doing so. Hence why she's called this article Three effective ways to anger people in meetings. Instead of allowing this to go on, Shannon suggests three approaches to quickly putting the meeting back on track. Cut people off after the third iteration My personal inclination is to cut people off… Continue reading

October 12 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: meeting | 2 comments»

Try Stand Up Meetings

Probably the biggest issue with workplace meetings is their length. Almost always, meetings take longer than is necessary. This is particularly true for those daily keep-us-up-to-date meetings. You could try killing meetings all together, or try what John Trosko suggests and hold the meetings that aren't long and strategic with everyone standing up. Instead of sitting at a traditional conference table, we took the chairs out of the room and… Continue reading

October 2 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: meeting | 13 comments»

Meetings Should End With Next Actions

After a few years studying the way creative teams work and developing excellent productivity and organizational solutions, Behance have a few tips regarding meetings. Meetings that end without action steps are a waste of our time. When our Action Pads contain no action steps after a meeting, we realize that the meeting should have been a voice-mail or email. The lesson: Only call a meeting when you suspect that actions… Continue reading

September 20 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: meeting | 5 comments»

6 Reasons Why it Makes Sense to Arrive Early

Why bother showing up early when you can blame any number of things for “making” you late? There’s traffic, a convenient ally when you need her. A distant cousin to traffic would be a freeway accident, which of course creates traffic. Then there’s the blatantly obvious excuse of sleeping through the alarm which causes you to get on the freeway late and immerse yourself in- you… Continue reading

September 6 2007 | By Mike | Tagged: early, late, meeting | 27 comments»

Are you late?

Why are you late? Time management begins with one of the absolute basics - arrive on time. In his book Copy This!, the founder of Kinko's (now FedEx Kinko’s) Paul Orfalea recounts that he would make hiring decisions based on key basic modes of operating. One of those is being punctual. I’m sure that Mr. Orfalea isn’t the only one making career decisions based on being on time and… Continue reading

June 15 2007 | By Susan | Tagged: late, meeting, on-time, Productivity, time-management | 23 comments»

Be The Guy Who Wears A Name Tag Everywhere

...or girl.

Scott Ginsberg's story is that one day after an event at college, he decided to keep his name tag on. What he noticed was he was instantly more approachable the rest of the day. Since then Scott has kept the name tag on [for an odd 2400 days], writing a few books on meeting people and running seminars on the subject. What's interesting is the affect this small gesture has… Continue reading

May 8 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: Communication, meeting, meetings, networking, talk | 15 comments»

Productivity & Organizing Myth #10 – We need to be at all those meetings!

Myth: We need to be at all those meetings and events that have made their way onto our calendars. Reality: We can succeed at work and be happy with a modest number of meetings and activities. Do you say any of these things?

I haven’t been home at 6 o’clock in the evening for weeks.
We are constantly trying to balance work with kids’ activities with family commitments.
I have to schedule a

March 29 2007 | By Susan | Tagged: Management, meeting, priority, Productivity | 3 comments»

5 Tips to ‘Handle’ Unwanted Workplace Visitors

Ian McKenzie has a few tips to keep those office visits as short as you like, so you can get back to work. There's nothing worse than someone over-staying there welcome, at work or otherwise.

Be the visitor. If you have to speak with someone, go to their office. That way, you can control the length of the visit. When your done, excuse yourself and leave.
Turn away from the door. If

March 29 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: meeting, meetings, office, office-politics | 3 comments»

7 Ways to Avoid Pointless Meetings

Ben Yoskovitz, from the Instigator Blog, has a great list of ways to avoid pointless meetings. If you find yourself not wanting to avoid pointless meetings, you should read this book. If you do want to avoid them, read Ben's post instead: