MeetingArk | 3 Running a meeting | Activity https://meetingark.org/groups/running-a-meeting/ Activity feed for the group, 3 Running a meeting. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:58:38 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 80070d75908a1f79bde337d862a51a16 Ron Eagle replied to the topic Reaching agreement & dealing with disagreement in the forum Running a meeting https://meetingark.org/groups/running-a-meeting/forum/topic/reaching-agreement-dealing-with-disagreement/#post-9419 Tue, 31 May 2022 15:55:13 +0100 Need to distinguish between constructive disagreements that can eventually foster innovative solutions if managed creatively and destructive disagreements where no eventual convergence seems likely. The former may sometimes be encouraged in brainstorming  but the latter should be assertively halted as early as possible.

]]> 0 132f17ffe41c814f32fe78f81b8bbad8 Ron Eagle replied to the topic Soliciting contributions in the forum Running a meeting https://meetingark.org/groups/running-a-meeting/forum/topic/soliciting-contributions/#post-4857 Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:40:04 +0000 Sometimes if stasis or stagnation of responses creps in to a meeting it can be revitalised by ‘seeding’ a more personal scenario. For instance , “how would it affect your areas if we xxxxxxx?” This focuses minds specifically on their own areas and can give the chairperson a more accurate tag to elicit a response from individuals.

]]> 0 77948a5326eb4ddbc04724637cbb89c1 kieranfoley replied to the topic Reaching agreement & dealing with disagreement in the forum Running a meeting https://meetingark.org/groups/running-a-meeting/forum/topic/reaching-agreement-dealing-with-disagreement/#post-1018 Sat, 20 Feb 2021 13:31:33 +0000 There are several factors as to why disagreements arise in meetings, but perhaps the biggest is the existing meeting culture

If people are habituated to a meeting culture where destructive behaviours, such as interrupting and personal attacks, are allowed to go unchecked, a new chair will absolutely have to address these and it may take some time…[Read more]

]]> 0 d15ba8b113c51b2181583097935b30a7 kieranfoley joined the group 3 Running a meeting https://meetingark.org/activity/p/213/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 13:06:56 +0000 0 d7be60b46b4a66c1f6c3cd9013b79875 Andrew Gurnham replied to the topic Soliciting contributions in the forum Running a meeting https://meetingark.org/groups/running-a-meeting/forum/topic/soliciting-contributions/#post-846 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:09:13 +0000 💡 When running a brainstorming, follow these rules: 1) Freewheel;  2) Suspend judgement;  3) The more ideas the better;  4) Capture every idea;  5) Build on ideas previously proposed

]]> 0 660b5c3c7fc39c0b706b7ada4666a120 Andrew Gurnham joined the group 3 Running a meeting https://meetingark.org/activity/p/197/ Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:06:53 +0000 0 e8e2b8bc2674751d0800672770b6a28a Ron Eagle replied to the topic Assigning Roles in the forum Running a meeting https://meetingark.org/groups/running-a-meeting/forum/topic/assigning-roles/#post-801 Mon, 08 Feb 2021 02:02:30 +0000 It may be useful to agree at the start who will take minutes, who will be any ‘expert’ speakers with specifically allocated agenda spot and of course identify the chairperson.

Also, sometime useful to identify who leads on each topic which will help focus the discussion and lessen waffle by less informed persons.

]]> 0 6914d017b993b15153dc51f2319d1630 Ron Eagle replied to the topic Keeping on time & on track in the forum Running a meeting https://meetingark.org/groups/running-a-meeting/forum/topic/keeping-on-time-on-track/#post-800 Mon, 08 Feb 2021 01:58:19 +0000 You need to assume responsibility for ensuring the agenda keeps to time so

  • Estimate the amount of time to spend on each topic and manage that during the meeting…if something is evidently complex and expanding and seems important enough agree separate session to expand on it later rather than letting it take up the whole meeting.
  • Identify w…

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]]> 0 79397be18f1777288e87522bff5dafb4 Ron Eagle replied to the topic Keeping on time & on track in the forum Running a meeting https://meetingark.org/groups/running-a-meeting/forum/topic/keeping-on-time-on-track/#post-799 Mon, 08 Feb 2021 01:58:14 +0000 You need to assume responsibility for ensuring the agenda keeps to time so

  • Estimate the amount of time to spend on each topic and manage that during the meeting…if something is evidently complex and expanding and seems important enough agree separate session to expand on it later rather than letting it take up the whole meeting.

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]]> 0 38b1ba79850844c5a8f23abc446b9c8f Ron Eagle replied to the topic Soliciting contributions in the forum Running a meeting https://meetingark.org/groups/running-a-meeting/forum/topic/soliciting-contributions/#post-798 Mon, 08 Feb 2021 01:46:49 +0000 There will be some attendees who have genuinely more knowledge and opinions and some who have apparently less but a good chairperson will ensure all voices are heard not just the most obvious ones. Make sure you specifically ask each person at least once for a contribution even if it is only a “xx what do you think of that point” sort of drawing out.

]]> 0 7bc94a6b27a0761d6f074285a3258aa5 Ron Eagle replied to the topic Managing interpersonal conflict in the forum Running a meeting https://meetingark.org/groups/running-a-meeting/forum/topic/managing-interpersonal-conflict/#post-797 Mon, 08 Feb 2021 01:40:31 +0000 If you notice things becoming too heated between individuals you sold call a timeout and propose to come back to the point later or better still offline outside the session. Better still though would have been to notice the build up and intervene before it became hot..a good way is to make a diverting intervention to say, “Can we maybe get another…[Read more]

]]> 0 a11cca5b015e3c0b99b0e43aee63928b Ron Eagle replied to the topic Chairing a Meeting in the forum Running a meeting https://meetingark.org/groups/running-a-meeting/forum/topic/chairing-a-meeting/#post-781 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 16:59:02 +0000 You need to assume responsibility for ensuring the agenda, the attendees, the venue and the expected outcomes have all been managed before the meeting even if you did not personally create the agenda, the attendee list or book the venue. YOU are now accountable for the success of this session so do not depend on delegations having been…[Read more]

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What are the factors we need to pay attention to?

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