Running a Great Meeting In a Day For Dummies helps you put together a successful meeting by explaining how to define objectives, craft an agenda, invite the right people, keep the meeting moving, and following up afterwards.

This e-book also contains links to an online component at dummies.com that extends the topic into step-by-step tutorials and other beyond the book content.

Marty Brounstein is a consultant and trainer specializing in management, career development, and customer service. He is the author of Communicating Effectively For Dummies, among other titles.

Susan Friedmann (Lake Placid, NY) is President of The Tradeshow Coach, an organization that works with national and international exhibitors planning trade shows and special events.

Dirk Zeller (Bend, OR) is CEO of two nationally known companies, Real Estate Champions and Sales Champions, which specialize in training and coaching sales people in the direct selling industry. He is one of the most published authors in areas of success, life balance, sales training, and business development.

Introduction 1

Chapter 1: Making Meetings Meaningful 3

Chapter 2: Planning Productive Meetings 11

Chapter 3: It's Showtime! Running the Meeting 25

Chapter 4: Tackling Common Challenges 35

Chapter 5: Looking at Three Specific Meeting Types 47

Chapter 6: Tapping into Technology 57

Chapter 7: Where to Go from Here 65