Visualize this: It is your fifth meeting of the day. You find yourself with a weary mind and an overwhelming load of work piling up as you sit through another predictable meeting, eyes fixated on the waiting screen. Your heart sinks as the meeting host cues up the...
The seven most dreaded words in a meeting are, ‘Today we are here to talk about.' Follow by a long-winded monologue or death by PowerPoint, and you've got the makings for a miserable meeting. Instead of inviting your listeners to tune out, invoke emotion....
No longer do we collectively gather in a conference room engaging face-to-face. Now, meetings are a collection of online and in-person attendees consuming and deciphering information at lightning speed. Meetings require engagement and interaction to make an impact....
How many times have you heard a facilitator start off a meeting by saying “We are here to talk about…” It’s in that moment the speaker invites listeners to check out. You already know what the purpose of the meeting is, you accepted the invitation, after all!...
I recently joined a virtual call. The moment the host talked, I became distracted by his technical blunders. His blurred background illuminated strange colors. I wondered to myself, where is he sitting? What is he hiding? Maybe he was working from home and was...
