Making the Most of Meetings

Meetings are the glue that holds early childhood organizations together. Whether it’s a weekly staff meeting, a monthly parent meeting, or an annual board meeting, directors rely on meetings as the primary vehicle for communicating information, identifying and solving problems, and making new decisions and modifying old ones. This book is filled with practical tips and techniques to help you increase meeting effectiveness. You’ll learn how to accomplish more work in less time and have more fun in the process.

Making the Most of Meetings will help you:

• Craft a well-designed agenda
• Engage participants in lively, substantive discussion
• Increase interpersonal understanding among participants
• Solve problems in a collegial way
• Make action plans that get implemented
• Build a more productive work team
• ncrease shared commitment to your center’s goals


104 pages