Meeting Purposes

When planning a meeting, be sure to both understand and clearly communicate the purpose of the meeting.

A meeting’s purpose:

• — Helps meetings run efficiently by providing the basis and focus of discussion
• — Ensures agendas are planned so that only relevant information is presented
• — Aids in ensuring all the necessary members are present for decision-making or data sharing purposes

Ideas – Meeting Purposes

• To share information or plan a project
• To receive information
• To analyze and solve a problem
• To reach a group decision
• To explain and gain support for a decision
• To make a recommendation and solicit feedback
• To generate new system or product ideas
• To re-energize the group
• To perform a demonstration