2.  Prepare  Study the agenda  Study the minutes  Prepare for your contributions  Prepare to play a major role  List questions

3.  Participate  Listen attentively  Stay focused  Ask questions  Take notes  Play devil’s advocate  Monitor your contributions

4.  Follow up  Review and summarize your notes  Evaluate your effectiveness  Review decisions  Communicate progress  Review minutes

5.  Before the meeting  Prepare the agenda  Decide who should attend the meeting  Arrange an appropriate location and meeting time  Distribute the agenda  Speak with each participant prior to the meeting

6.  During the meeting  Review and modify the agenda  Monitor roles members assume and consciously play needed roles that are unfilled by others  Monitor the time so the group stays on schedule  Monitor conflicts and intervene as needed

7.  During the meeting - continued  Implement the group’s decision rules  Periodically check to see if the group is ready to make a decision  Before ending the meeting, summarize decisions  Ask the group to decide if and when another meeting is needed

8.  Meeting follow-up  Review the meeting’s outcomes and process  Prepare and distribute a summary of meeting outcomes  Repair damaged relationships through informal conversations  Follow-up with members to see how they are progressing on items assigned to them

9. Sample Agenda

11.  In groups, complete an agenda for a meeting to be held in this room at 3:30 today  The meeting is to decide what questions need to be answered regarding working on thebusinesscore.com – your website – next class  Read Part Three in How To Win Friends and Influence People.