How to Conduct a Professional Meeting

Meetings, when done right, are essential to coordinate effort, achieve consensus, surface issues & concerns, and chart the way forward for any organisation or partnership. 

In this guide, we walk you through the considerations and techniques to conduct a professional meeting. Included in the paper are the following:

• What to ensure before the meeting – qurom and its records, managing when no quorum is present
• Commencing the meeting
• Agendas, Motions & Voting
• How to run a Board Meeting
• After the Meeting
• Qualities and Attributes of an Effective Chairman
• Tips for Running Effective Meetings
• Meeting Minutes (a complete consideration)
  

This guide considers the formal meeting according to Robert's Rules of Order. Simpler approaches can be adopted and can eliminate much of the formality. Feel free to extract from the resource areas that are relevant.