Guide to Meetings (Guide to Business Communication Series) (Prentice-Hall Guides to Advanced Business Communication.)

This concise, practical book is written for you if you want to assure your meetings will be...*Necessary and not just a waste of time *Interesting, coherent, and well-organized *A place for people to share, rather than show off, their ideas *Constructive, thoughtful, and creative *Inclusive, with full participation from all *Efficient and not a waste of energy In today's environment, meetings are more commonplace and important than ever, because of...*Advances in technology-such as videoconferencing and conference calls *Increased reliance on collaborative workgroups and cross-functional work teams *Increased specialization, which necessitates sharing diverse knowledge and expertise Like all books in the Prentice Hall Guides to Advanced Business Communication series, this book is...*Brief: summarizes key ideas only *Practical: offers clear, straightforward tools you can use *Reader-friendly: provides easy-to-skim format Reviews of the core concepts book for this series, Guide to Managerial Communication by Mary Munter *-Listed by the Wall Street Journal as one of the five business "books you shouldn't miss." *-"Really a gem." Former managing editor, Harvard Business Review *-"Short, compact, practical, and readable...I liked it immensely." Journal of Business Communication

This concise, practical book is written for you if you want to assure your meetings will be...

• Necessary and not just a waste of time
• Interesting, coherent, and well-organized
• A place for people to share, rather than show off, their ideas
• Constructive, thoughtful, and creative
• Inclusive, with full participation from all
• Efficient and not a waste of energy

In today's environment, meetings are more commonplace and important than ever, because of...

• Advances in technology—such as videoconferencing and conference calls
• Increased reliance on collaborative workgroups and cross-functional work teams
• Increased specialization, which necessitates sharing diverse knowledge and expertise

Like all books in the Prentice Hall Guides to Advanced Business Communication series, this book is...

• Brief: summarizes key ideas only
• Practical: offers clear, straightforward tools you can use
• Reader-friendly: provides easy-to-skim format

Reviews of the core concepts book for this series, Guide to Managerial Communication by Mary Munter

• —Listed by the Wall Street Journal as one of the five business "books you shouldn't miss."
• —"Really a gem." Former managing editor, Harvard Business Review
• —"Short, compact, practical, and readable... I liked it immensely." Journal of Business Communication