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A.I.M. to Have Successful Zoom Meetings

Jennifer Schmidt, EH2

intention, your meeting will be more powerful on because then the meeting becomes tedious.
and meaningful. The main thing to watch for are tangents. One
topic quickly becomes three or isn’t relevant

Timely Tracking Encourages Movement at all, and suddenly the meeting is off target.
New Horizons and PR Masters meetings are If someone is monopolizing the floor, gently
90-minutes long. They never seem long because remind them you want to cover everything on
there’s always forward movement. If an archery the agenda and hear from everyone. You could

competitor never releases their arrow, nothing also encourage a followup email.
would happen. The same is true for meetings. Remember time is the one commodity
You keep things moving by getting agreement that can’t be replaced. People who give their
from your attendees at the beginning, then time to meet with you understand this is a

sticking to your plan. Devote 10 minutes per non-refundable investment. With that in mind,
topic, clearly state the time block, and set your strive to create a thoughtful agenda, focus on
timer. This sets the field for reminders when your purpose, and move your meeting to get
you interrupt to keep the meeting going. While the results you want. Take A.I.M. to your next

it might feel weird to interject and time your meeting and you will achieve a Zoom experience
topics, most people don’t want one topic to drag everyone will enjoy!

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