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Summary: Time management is used in agenda writing to keep meetings focused and on schedule. Get tips on using an agenda to control time restrictions from a communications and public speaking expert in this free instructional video.
Tracy Goodwin has a master’s in corporate communication and 10 years experience in professional speaking. Recipient of numerous public speaking awards and is a college professor of...read more
"Alright, there's some more information that must go in an agenda, and that is: who is presenting information, and how long they have to present that information. And this will probably end up being in sub points, when we're going to talk about the finance report, and, well actually that should be a little bit lower, and the finance report I going to be presented by Jane, and she's going to have eleven minutes to do it. The marketing reporting is going to be presented by Steve, and he's going to have fourteen minutes. So these will actually line up, and you're saying to yourself, "Well, why is it so important? I mean Jane knows she's going to give the report, Steve knows he's going to give the report." Well, yes, but this helps to stay on track. That's what the minutes are about. Say Jane likes to go on and on and on and on when she's talking, she only gets eleven minutes. Because in business especially, time is money, and we don't have time to sit around in a meeting all day. We've got one hour, or we've got thirty minutes, or whatever it is, so it's crucial that we stay on schedule. So, she gets eleven minutes, she has to know when she's preparing her material to only prepare eleven minutes worth. So, it's very important that you put the person, and the time, presenting information."