John Poelstra is obsessed with meetings, and for good reason. Meetings are responsible for billions of dollars in wasted productivity every month. John is on a mission to make meetings more effective, and he joins us on the podcast to talk about how you can make your meetings better.

Cheat Sheet

The real/hidden costs of poorly run meetings

How to use the MAP acronym - Minutes, Agenda, and People - to run more effective meetings

How to write great meeting minutes for meeting attendees

How to answer the age-old question: Do you really need to have a meeting?

Why you should start with an anticipated outcome and the benefit to the meeting

Why you need to be more selective in the people you invite to a meeting

How to keep a meeting from being derailed and becoming a waste of' time

Steps you can use to change your current company culture around meetings

Tips & tricks for conducting productive virtual meetings

Links

JohnPoelstra.com

Red Hat

Productivityist - Mike Vardy

TPS38: I Know Kung Fu w/ Patrick Hart

The Productivityist Podcast 73: Cal Newport

Book, tool, ritual

Book: Deep Work by Cal Newport

Tool: Trello

Ritual: A 30-minute walk first thing in the morning - working on a problem and not listening to a podcast.

Connect with John Poelstra:

@JohnPoelstra

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