Session Learning Objectives: 
    Conducting Effective Meetings
     Understand the basics of meeting 
      management
     Understand the sources of difficult 
      meeting
     Understand how to manage difficult 
      meetings
 CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE 
 MEETINGS
      Meeting Basics Review
                Difficult Meetings
                Case Studies
                WHY HAVE A MEETING
    Have a meeting when absolutely necessary
    Before you have a meeting ask yourself
        Can you achieve your goal in some other way
        Will a phone call take care of it
        Will a face to face conversation take care of it
        Can I accomplish it with an email 
                 TOP 7 PET PEEVES
         No Agenda
         Late start
         Meeting wanders
         Too long
         Wrong people there
         Someone dominates meeting
         No follow up
           PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES
             ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER
     Fundamentals = Order, Speed and Fairness,
     Courtesy and Respect are essential
     Basic Principles
      Quorum (50%+) must be present to act
      Majority has the right to decide an action but the 
       rights of the minority must also be protected
      Full and free discussion is a basic right of all members
      Only one question on the table at a time
      Member must be recognized by the chair
      Speak once, wait, speak twice
      No personal attacks or questioning of the motives of a 
       member