Six Ideas from
Effective Meetings on the Topic of Staying On Time in Meetings*
* State that the meeting will begin promptly at the scheduled
time and that all participants should be on time.
* Send a reminder e-mail thirty minutes before the meeting
begins and encourage meeting participants to arrive on time.
* Ensure that you begin the meeting at the scheduled time. If
you've encouraged others to be prompt, don't embarrass yourself
by showing up late.
* Close the meeting room doors at the scheduled time.
* If your meeting starts a little late, still finish the meeting
at the scheduled time. It's inconsiderate to assume the
participants' schedules revolve around your meeting, so wrap up
the meeting when you promised.
* Consider creating a "latecomer jar" to which meeting
participants must contribute one dollar for each minute they
arrive late to meetings. At the end of the week, you can buy
muffins or donuts for everyone who attended the meeting…
courtesy of the latecomers!
*from www.openingkeynote.com
