Meetings, Bloody Meetings

Featuring John Cleese

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Too many meeting are genuine nightmares. They lack preparation, direction, and worst of all, results.

Thankfully, there's Meetings, Bloody Meetings. This award-winning program, remade in 1993, is essential viewing for anyone who chairs meetings. You'll learn how to make your get-togethers shorter, more focused, and more productive. And you'll find plenty to laugh at along the way.

John Cleese's nightmare meetings land him in court for negligent conduct of meetings. The court pronounces Cleese guilty of all five counts: failing to prepare, failing to inform others, failing to plan the agenda, failing to control the discussion, and failing to record the decisions.

Learning Objectives:

• Plan meetings in advance
• Prepare a detailed agenda
• Pre-notify attendees
• Control the discussion
• Summarize and record decisions

Suggested Uses:

• Meeting management
• Time Management
• Internal communication

Includes: 31 minute videocassette and Leader's Guide.