Starting to work out where I’m going to go with the blog – mostly business
stuff (yawn!) with other subjects sprinkled in (I’m working on one essay about
how poorly the gate room in Stargate:SG-1  is designed…)

One collection of notes I’m going to write up are about meetings – it sounds
pretty dry, and it probably is, but I’m getting frustrated with the need for
some basic education and ettiquette regarding how meetings are held. There was a
lot of focus on management and meeting style in the 80s and 90s, but as far as I
can tell we don’t do that any more. So to paraphrase Jerry Garcia: “Somebody has
to do something, and it’s just incredibly pathetic that it’s going to be
me.”

So the topics I’m looking at (and suggestions & feedback are welcome,
from the two of you reading this):

• Scheduling meetings
• Agendas
• The why of meetings
• Mandatory attendance
• Executive briefings
  • PowerPoint vs. Q&A
  • Laptops open
  • Stadiums
  • Keynotes
• PowerPoint and meetings
  • Executive review
  • Planning
  • The “Demo” slide
  • Timing

Most of these will be generally a business type discussion, but where
appropriate I’ll also talk about the tools you can use to help.