Better Meetings

Meetings Don’t Bore People…

We blame our meetings for lack of innovation and progress in our companies. It has been declared "brainstorming doesn't work!" We spend our days sitting, wasting time, energy, and money in boring... tan... artifically-lit conference rooms. Accomplishing? Nothing. But, here's the [...]

Meetings Don’t Bore People…

Want Better Meetings? Try Taking Them OFFSITE

The three secrets to being more innovative and hosting better meetings are to... involve the right PEOPLE, choose and use the right PROCESS, and hold your meeting in the right PLACE. 99% of the time, hosting your meeting at your offices [...]

Want Better Meetings? Try Taking Them OFFSITE

Innovation: The Seven People Who Need To Be Involved In Your Meetings

Meetings. We have too many of them. Many Most aren't productive. They are a necessary evil. But they don't necessarily have to be evil... There are all sorts of strategies when hosting meetings. If you keep them small, you'll encounter less [...]

Innovation: The Seven People Who Need To Be Involved In Your Meetings

Brainstorming Studios: Redefining Meeting Space (Literally)

Our current options for great places to hold meetings are minute compared to the number of important out-of-office meetings we conduct. While there are a handful of creatively crafted locations in the United States, our overwhelming options are hotel meeting rooms [...]

Brainstorming Studios: Redefining Meeting Space (Literally)

The Way We Book Meetings Is Broken

There is something seriously wrong with the way we rent meeting space. Does anyone else notice it? Problem No. 1 We don't care where we meet. Standard practice for an off-site meeting is to pick a city then ask the admin [...]

The Way We Book Meetings Is Broken

Off-Site Meetings: Last Century Technology

The most up to date list of locations can be found on the Places page within Brainstorming Tools section. Did use an abacus or slide rule to build your FY'10 budgets? To prepare and distribute information about next year's Marketing Plan [...]

Off-Site Meetings: Last Century Technology
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