Boring Meetings Suck Get More Out of Your Meetings, or Get Out of More Meetings

Name: Boring Meetings Suck Get More Out of Your Meetings, or Get Out of More Meetings
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ISBN: 9781118004623

ISBN-10: 1118004620

ISBN-13: 9781118004623

Edition: 2011

Authors: Jon Petz

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Author Jon Petz, a former corporate executive and current corporate entertainer who has keynoted meetings for groups ranging from Wal-Mart to IBM, dares to address the boring elephant in the room: where most of the millions of meetings held in the U.S. every day are an unforgiveable waste of time and talent. Whatrs"s worse, many of the books, blogs, and articles on the subject are as boring as the meetings themselves. In Boring Meetings Suck, Petz focuses on how attendees can take charge of meetings that have become a waste of time and talent. Most books on meetings focus only on the person responsible for planning and hosting the meeting, but Boring Meetings Suck dares to admit what other…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 5/10/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 5.70" wide x 8.60" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Forward: Don The Idea Guy Snyder



Boring Meeting suck…so Why Do We Have' Em?


Hey, Not All Meeting Suck


Nothing More Boring Than a Boring Book about Boring Meetings


What's in It for You?


How Do You Use This Book? Jump in and Read the Agenda Item You Need


Are You Ready to Make Meetings Rock?



Better Meetings and Conventions through Technology…but Please Proceed with Caution


The Very Basics


Enhanced Meeting Technologies


For the More Adventurous


For the Outright Daring



How to Be a Meeting Superhero…in 10 Minutes or Less



New Meeting Styles



ï¿½Open Houseï¿½



ï¿½Pass the Buckï¿½



ï¿½Stand It Upï¿½



ï¿½Triple T Your Way to New Ideasï¿½



Speed Meetings



ï¿½Two'n Outï¿½



ï¿½Step It Upï¿½



ï¿½I Gotta Use Itï¿½



Why Everyday Office Meetings Suck…Skip This and You're Screwed


Your Preparation Sucks


Having No Agenda Sucks


Your Follow-Up Sucks


Scheduling a Meeting Sucks


Warning: Problem Solving at 8 AM and 6 PM Sucks


The Overinvitation Sucks


Starting Late Sucks


ï¿½Dogs Who Get Off the Leashï¿½ Suck


Conference Rooms Suck



Your Presentation Sucks… Really, Yours Sucks


PowerPoint Sucks


ï¿½Um…aahï¿½ Sucks


PowerPoint Really Sucks


Monotone Speeches and Movements Suck


Unreadable Slides Suck


Cutesy Moving Graphics Suck



Make the Best of Sucky Meetings…or Get Out While You Can


Never-Ending Meetings Suck


Dï¿½jï¿½Meetings Suck


Project and Update Meetings Suck


Scattered Showers's Meetings Suck


Conference Calls Suck


Sales Team Meetings Suck


Online or Virtual Meetings Suck


Videoconferencing Sucks


Friday Meetings Suck



Big Meetings Suck Even Bigger…Get Some Help or Suffer the Consequences


Poorly Planned Meetings Suck


Annual Meetings, Conventions, Teambuilding, and Company Retreats Suck


Bad Audio Sucks


Distractions Suck


Guest Speakers Suck


No Introduction and Bad Introductions Suck


Bad Emcees Suck



Heed This…or Continue to Suck for the Next Millennium


Consider Not Having One


What You Can Do When Stuck in a Boring Meeting


Conclusion


About the Author


Index