With meetings now such a regular feature of school life, how can you make them more effective? Teachers from Stoke Lodge Primary School in Bristol invited management trainer David Morgan to work with them on how best to prepare for, participate in and evaluate an effective meeting. David observed a typical school meeting and afterwards met with the staff to explore how it went and offer some basic guidelines which should help make any meeting more effective. These include: preparation for a meeting makes good use of time; drawing up the right agenda helps focus effective discussion; welcome participants and ensure their voice is heard; find the right recording device, notes or flipcharts; and allow time to evaluate how it all went at the end of the meeting.

Video Series: Meeting Top Tips
Release Date 2006