Premise of the Book:
Meetings and decision-making bodies are effective and productive when leaders and participants are skilled with the meeting facilitation, while being observant and attentive to issues and challenges that may influence the flow or outcome of an administrative gathering.

What the Book Does:
Making Every Meeting Matter is an excellent resource for persons who are responsible for leading or facilitating meetings. This guide is a collection of articles from leading experts on leadership and organizations. They draw from their vast experience, observations and studies to cover practically every area of a meeting along with potential challenges. The guide offers suggestions on how to prepare for a meeting to how to move a meeting forward when it stalls or struggles to stay on task. Also, articles are shared on how to set the framework and maintain fruitful virtual meetings.

Contents:

Section One-Prepare
Section Two-Conduct
Section Three-Participate
Section Four-Close and Follow Up
Section Five-Specific Types of Meetings
Appendix A: Meeting Preparation Checklist
Appendix B: Sample Agendas
Appendix C: Meeting Follow-Up Checklist
Appendix D: Sample Follow-Up Memo
Appendix E: Digital Tools to Make Your Next Meeting More Productive
There’s an app for that.

What are the Important Insights:
These gifted experts provide numerous ideas and insights for setting a framework for productive meetings. Setting and allotting a specific amount of time for a meeting and its agenda items. Taking an evaluation of a meeting in order to determine its effectiveness. Refocusing a meeting when it goes off topic and stopping a meeting from dragging are just a few of their many, many insights, tips and strategies to having effective meetings.

Possibilities as a resource for churches:
Persons responsible for leading and chairing meetings will find this resource to be invaluable. Productive meetings often lead to fruitful ministry.