Thanks a mil for the PDF on 5 tips on communication. It sure will become very handy for my line of volunteer work I do. Enjoying your great vids. Much appreciated, professor.

Hi, Craig. Thanks for the encouragement.

Thank you!

Thank you for sharing your experience. Sadly, I'm willing to guess that fewer that 20% of organizations follow all of these tips consistently. And you are right about the power trip issue. Some leaders/managers would rather use meetings as a power play event.

Hi, KF. I'll give some thought to your question. But the short answer is, the leader is responsible for setting and communicating expectations about things like cameras, mics, and how to best participate. If a Zoom meeting is flat, it's the leader's job to make improvements. That begins by communicating clear expectations.

Glad you think so. I appreciate your feedback.

Yes, David. I hear you. It's more like a checklist. Whenever I'm at an unproductive meeting, it usually lacks one of these elements. And, I say, "On yeah!"

Thanks, Mebs. I appreciate your positive comment.

Ah, interesting! I wonder if that would work.

@@alexanderlyon Exactly

I love it! I don't know who invented that but it's genius!

Yes and without apology! It's casual but it's also been around for hundreds of years. "Nother" is a real word.

Thank you for your opinion. I think you may not have understood my point. We wouldn't invite each member individually. You'd make sure as the meeting leader that each individual knew what was expected of them and the specific contribution/value you wanted them to add to the upcoming meeting. I can tell you that having led workshops and consulted for over 20 years at some of the most well-known organizations in the US, the question of how to add value during meetings is among the very top questions that individual contributors ask me. Only a very small % of meeting leaders let their people know the specific expectations they have for adding value to meetings. It's one of the main reasons I'm asked to work with team members. And another top complaint from 50% to 70% of professionals is an unclear meeting structure that wastes time. Organizations who insist on written agendas, even a very basic written agenda, are far more productive. There's a long history of research that shows teams that follow a written structure out-perform unstructured meeting discussions. Free-wheeling open discussion is the top time waster in meetings. It's one key reason people generally hate meetings. Every agenda should have flexibility but the persistent absence of a written agenda is a serious red flag that the meeting and team won't make progress. All in all, the tips in the video are not ones that I invented. I've been watching and studying the most effective meeting facilitators for a long time and I've simply synthesized what I've observed working well in real life.

That’s not how he explained it in the video. He was discussing about having an agenda or bullet items sent out for everyone, not really inviting people individually with separate notes. I work in a corporate job, in an agile environment. But if we think about it, regardless what type of environment - the idea of having an agenda communicated makes a huge difference. It prepares everyone and in a way it’s a form of respect to their precious time. It’s like a favor you do for them. I apply this in my work and putting up an agenda may be time-consuming but it’s worth it. You see better outcomes and it benefits me as well to put me on track of what I should be driving at in our meeting if in case I would forget the details.

Nope. It's my channel and I'll say whatever I want to without apology. I'm a Jesus-loving Christian and anybody who's watched even a few of my videos figures that out pretty quickly. If I lose some viewers or subscribers because of it, that's a small price to pay for being authentic. I wish you the best in life. Bye.

@@alexanderlyon your answer just caused me to subscribe! funny enough I didn't even catch the 'religion or religious language' referred to.