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How to get your work done in meetings -- The meeting canoe -- Welcome people -- Connect people to each other and the task -- Discover the way things are -- Elicit people's dreams -- Decide -- Attend to the end -- First aid for meetings -- Metting basics : five steps to meeting success -- Leaders : three steps to meeting effectiveness -- Contributors : three steps to meeting effectiveness -- Facilitators : three steps to meeting effectiveness -- Our handoff to you.;"Ugh-meetings. They're where productivity goes to die, right? There has to be a better way. According to leading consultants Dick and Emily Axelrod, there is. Using the same principles that make video games so engaging and that transformed the numbing assembly line into the dynamic shop floor, the Axelrods outline a flexible and adaptable system used to run truly productive meetings in all kinds of organizations-meetings where people create concrete plans, accomplish tasks, build connections, and move projects forward. They show how to design every aspect of a meeting-from the way you greet people at the beginning to how you sum up at the end-so that real work actually gets done. Those who have adopted this system will never go back. Neither will you."-- Most people regard meetings as places where productivity goes to die. How different would it be if they were places where you could actually get your work done - right there in the meeting? Richard and Emily Axelrod have invested thirty years answering this question, and they have a field-tested answer. Using the same work design principles that transformed the mind-numbing assembly line into the dynamic factory floor, and that make video games so engaging, their new book offers a flexible, repeatable process that has already been used to run thousands of productive meetings in all kinds of organizations. It takes more than an agenda and a note-taker. The Axelrods show how to design every aspect of a meeting - from the way you greet people at the beginning to how you sum up at the end - so that the experience will be energizing rather than enervating, and relevant and helpful to every participant. Their detailed, six-stage approach, which they dub the Meeting Canoe (since, like a canoe, it adapts to changing conditions and is a collective effort) is a seismic shift in the way we view, use, and participate in meetings. The many current users of this system will never go back. Neither will you Most people regard meetings as places where productivity goes to die. How different would it be if they were places where you could actually get your work done right there in the meeting? Richard and Emily Axelrod have invested thirty years answering this question, and they have a field-tested answer. Using the same work design principles that transformed the mind-numbing assembly line into the dynamic factory floor, and that make video games so engaging, their new book offers a flexible, repeatable process that has already been used to run thousands of productive meetings in all kinds of organizations. It takes more than an agenda and a note taker. The Axelrods show how to design every aspect of a meeting from the way you greet people at the beginning to how you sum up at the end so that the experience will be energizing rather than enervating, and relevant and helpful to every participant. Their detailed, six stage approach, which they dub the Meeting Canoe (since, like a canoe, it adapts to changing conditions and is a collective effort) is a seismic shift in the way we view, use, and participate in meetings. The many current users of this system will never go back. Neither will you." People usually dislike meetings. Often, meetings only waste time and build frustration. Yet organizations need their people to confer or need to hold meetings to unite a team or fulfill a specific goal. Employee-involvement specialists Dick and Emily Axelrod offer worthwhile strategies and methods to make your meetings more effective. Most of their ideas are pretty sensible; for example, involving all the participants in the advance design of a meeting. A few seem silly, if well-intentioned, like having competing groups build towers with raw spaghetti, marshmallows and duct tape. Overall, the Axelrods provide pithy quotations and useful, hands-on information - warmly infused with a sense that they actually care how your meetings work out. They cover planning, designing, facilitating and leading group sessions. The book's art direction helps with a clean layout and lively, silhouette illustrations. getAbstract recommends the Axelrod approach to managers, executives, start-ups and anyone responsible for organizing meetings "Ugh-meetings. They're where productivity goes to die, right? There has to be a better way. According to leading consultants Dick and Emily Axelrod, there is. Using the same principles that make video games so engaging and that transformed the numbing assembly line into the dynamic shop floor, the Axelrods outline a flexible and adaptable system used to run truly productive meetings in all kinds of organizations-meetings where people create concrete plans, accomplish tasks, build connections, and move projects forward. They show how to design every aspect of a meeting-from the way you greet people at the beginning to how you sum up at the end-so that real work actually gets done. Those who have adopted this system will never go back. Neither will you."-- Unedited summary from book Cover Contents Preface 1 How to Get Your Work Done in Meetings 2 The Meeting Canoe 3 Welcome People 4 Connect People to Each Other and the Task 5 Discover the Way Things Are 6 Elicit People’s Dreams 7 Decide 8 Attend to the End 9 First Aid for Meetings 10 Meeting Basics: Five Steps to Meeting Success 11 Leaders: Three Steps to Meeting Effectiveness 12 Contributors: Three Steps to Meeting Effectiveness 13 Facilitators: Three Steps to Meeting Effectiveness 14 Our Handoff to You A Pocket Guide to Let’s Stop Meeting Like This and More Works Cited Acknowledgments Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Meet the Authors The Axelrod Group: The Story Behind the Story