Open F2F Class Notes 26th January (Jesse)

up to speed – to have the latest information

eg. I like to participate in meetings so that I can be up to speed on the latest things

their company has no relationship with us (we don’t do business together)

their company has nothing to do with us (we are not involved in each other’s businesses)

their company has no relation to our company (we are not part of the same group)

this meeting has nothing to do with your job, so you shouldn’t be here

this meeting has no relation to your job, ….

What’s a good meeting?

Personally, there must be a good host to organize the meeting, he/she shall send the agenda before and make sure most of the attendances know the purpose of the meeting. The host should control the flow of the meeting, for example where to start a topic, when to stop it and to go on next one. Besides that, the host need to let key persons to participate in most. At last, the host need to facilitate the results and actions of the meeting based on the meeting goal.

What’s a good meeting?

Personally, I believe that there must be a good host to organize the meeting, he/she should send the agenda before and make sure most of the attendees know the purpose of the meeting. The host should control the flow of the meeting, for example where to start a topic, when to stop it and to go on to the next one. Besides that, the host needs to let key persons to participate the most. At last, the host needs to facilitate the results and actions of the meeting based on the meeting goal.