MEETINGS. Types of meetings and… How was the meeting?

MEETINGS

Types of meetings

and…

How was the meeting?

The role of the chairperson

During the meeting

Follow-up

Opening the meeting

Inviting people to speak

Asking for one person’s opinion

Asking for everyone’s opinion

So, what the general feeling on this?

Making your point

Other ways of making your points include:

Discussion without an argument

Agreeing

Mild agreement

Disagreeing

Strong disagreement

Hedging

Checking understanding, interrupting and referring back

Agreement, consensus or compromise?

Hilary Rhodes is talking about how to deal with agreements and disagreements:

‘It maybe possible to reach agreement or to reach an agreement about something, or at least come to a consensus: something most people agree with. It maybe possible to find a compromise or compromise: an agreement where people accept less than they wanted at first. Or perhaps the differences are so great that there will just be disagreement. Something in particular disagree about is a disagreement.

Concluding