Designing Good Meetings

Meetings are part of every organization’s life. And in virtually every case people feel “meeting-ed out.” Meetings are necessary but often seem inefficient, time-consuming and poorly managed. How to improve the lot of the modern-day committee member? Here are several suggestions…

Lederach, John Paul, and Alice M. Price. “Designing Good Meetings.” In Mediation and Facilitation Training Manual: Foundations and Skills for Constructive Conflict Transformation, edited by Carolyn Schrock-Shenk, 4th ed., 212–13. Akron, Pennsylvania: Mennonite Conciliation Service, 2000.

Published by and shared with the permission of the Mennonite Central Committee, previously called the Mennonite Conciliation Service.

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