Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 7, 1990                   TAG: 9003071549
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DO

Identify a purpose, plan an agenda and disseminate it in advance.

Invite only people who need to be there.

Establish, start, break and stop times, and stick to them.

Have a moderator to keep discussions on track.

Decide what followup actions are needed and set deadlines for them

\ DON'T

Hold unnecessary meetings

Invite everyone who might have an opinion on the subjects being discussed

Let people drone, dominate or avoid participation in discussions

Allow conversations to wander off the subject

Fail to act on decisions made

Sources: Harrison Conference Services, business schools at University of Georgia, Georgia State.