How to Write an Agenda for a Work Meeting
To run an effective meeting at work you need to write an agenda that will keep your meeting on point. A work meeting that does not have an agenda written for it will go off topic quickly and run over the allotted time. Follow these steps to write an agenda for a work meeting.
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Things You'll Need
- 1 word processing program
- 1 copier
- List of items that need to be discussed at the work meeting
Instructions
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Open up your word processing program so that you can quickly type of the agenda of your work meeting.
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Summarize what was gone over at the last work meeting and where your team is at on these items. This will give your work meeting a good starting point and will get everyone on the same page to start.
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Briefly list the key points of items that need to go over at the work meeting. On the agenda write who will be talking about each item. This will help the meeting run smoothly.
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Leave time at the end of the agenda for the work meeting for an open discussion of any questions or concerns that may arise. This will let everyone feel that they have a voice in the meeting.
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Print up 1 master copy of the agenda for the work meeting. Make more then enough copies of the agenda for the work meeting so that everyone can follow along.
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Tips & Warnings
Use bullet points to highlight key items that employees will need to take away with the agenda for the work meeting.
Do not plan for a work meeting that will run longer than an hour and a half. The agenda for the work meeting should be short and to the point to keep the meeting running on time. This will help keep employees' attentions through out.
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Tricia Goss
Jun 10, 2008
These are great tips. You are so right, an agenda is a must-have for any meeting! -
Tricia Goss
Jun 10, 2008
These are great tips. You are so right, an agenda is a must-have for any meeting!
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GWPegasus
Jun 10, 2008
An old adage we used to go by was that any good staff meeting shouldn't last more than half an hour. Anything more than that indicated that insufficient coordination had been done outside the meeting by the appropriate POCs.
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GWPegasus
Jun 10, 2008
An old adage we used to go by was that any good staff meeting shouldn't last more than half an hour. Anything more than that indicated that insufficient coordination had been done outside the meeting by the appropriate POCs.
