Tips for successful meetings

I met David Julian Price at the NSAA convention in Sydney, in March.

I've just had the chance to look round his website, The master of meetings. It's an excellent resource. Everything I've read so far is spot on the money.

I used to be a local-government corporate lawyer and specialised in attending council committee meetings to make sure they followed appropriate procedures. I've spent more hours than I can remember advising on meeting procedures and processes. David's website is a great resource, and I recommmend it.

Here are 2 excellent tips

• Check out the chairs in the venue for longer meetings (and check if they're comfortable both for tall and short people. I'm 5 feet 2. Most chairs seem to be made for people 5 feet 6 and up.)
  

• A room with windows will get better results than a closed room (unless, of course, you are using it to host the tax inspectors and you want them to leave as soon as possible - read the full story told by Martz Witty, the SME Guru in his book Hit The Road Running! Gain more customers of the kind you want.