Start a Meeting or Call With What You Want to Achieve
We all had dull, unnecessary meetings. If you need to host a meeting or conference call, first tell everyone what you would like to achieve by the end so that everyone does not go astray.
This not only clears up your purpose for you and everyone else, but it also clears up confusion and helps everyone focus. This can be an opportunity to speed up the work of people who might otherwise become confused in the meeting and unable to contribute.
Why Communication Fails and How to Fix It: The Perceptual Gap | The Huffington Post via 99u