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Book Description

Meetings are often poorly planned and executed events that produce no meaningful business results. How to Conduct Productive Meetings is a book designed to provide practical tools and advice for anyone planning or facilitating a meeting. Legendary evaluation guru Donald Kirkpatrick offers solid and timely advice to ensure that a meeting is necessary, the presentation is professional and effective, the participants contribute in constructive ways and the outcome is measurable.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Pretest
  7. Chapter 1. How to Determine When a Meeting is Necessary and Productive
  8. Chapter 2. The Costs and Causes of a Nonproductive Meeting
  9. Chapter 3. How to Coordinate a Meeting
  10. Chapter 4. How to Prepare for a Meeting
  11. Chapter 5. The Role of the Leader
  12. Chapter 6. The Question—Uses and Misuses
  13. Chapter 7. How to Present Information Effectively
  14. Chapter 8. How to Get and Maintain Enthusiastic Involvement
  15. Chapter 9. How to Control and Conclude a Meeting
  16. Chapter 10. How to Conduct a Productive Training Meeting
  17. Chapter 11. How to Conduct a Problem-Solving Meeting
  18. Chapter 12. How to Evaluate and Improve a Meeting
  19. Posttest
  20. Answers to Pretest and Posttest
  21. A Final Word
  22. Appendix A. Practical Tips from Experienced Meeting Leaders
  23. Appendix B. After the Meeting, what Then?
  24. Appendix C. How to Contribute as a Participant
  25. Appendix D. Do's and Don'ts for Conducting Meetings
  26. Appendix E. Murphy's Law at Meetings
  27. References
  28. About the Author
  29. Index
  30. Back Cover
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