Discover how to unleash the full potential of your meetings Inefficient meetings plague even the most well-run organizations. In 50 Activities to Kickstart Your Meetings, productivity and games expert Sivasailam Thiagarajan explains how to use fifty tried-and-true methods to get the most out of every meeting. This book teaches the strategy of employing games, activities, and simulations to facilitate extraordinary meeting productivity and creativity. It teaches meeting planners and organizers how to use games and simulations to enhance all types of meetings: Understand organizational opportunities and problems Generate alternative ideas Transform ideas into decisions Translate decisions into actions Written for managers and executives at all levels of governmental, non-profit, and for-profit organizations, 50 Activities to Kickstart Your Meetings transforms traditional meetings into engines of creativity and growth. Thiagarajan uses the extensive experience he has gained in consulting for companies like Google and JP Morgan to teach managers of all stripes how to supercharge their next meeting.

Discover how to unleash the full potential of your meetingsInefficient meetings plague even the most well-run organizations. In 50 Activities to Kickstart Your Meetings, productivity and games expert Sivasailam Thiagarajan explains how to use fifty tried-and-true methods to get the most out of every meeting.This book teaches the strategy of employing games, activities, and simulations to facilitate extraordinary meeting productivity and creativity. It teaches meeting planners and organizers how to use games and simulations to enhance all types of meetings:* Understand organizational opportunities and problems* Generate alternative ideas* Transform ideas into decisions* Translate decisions into actionsWritten for managers and executives at all levels of governmental, non-profit, and for-profit organizations, 50 Activities to Kickstart Your Meetings transforms traditional meetings into engines of creativity and growth. Thiagarajan uses the extensive experience he has gained in consulting for companies like Google and JP Morgan to teach managers of all stripes how to supercharge their next meeting.

1 Memorable Meetings 12 Wishes 53 Reduction 94 Whispers 135 Boring and Useless 156 Optimism 197 The Worst Fear 238 Cancel This Meeting 279 Dysfunctional Meetings 3110 Worries 3511 Ground Rules 3912 Walk the Talk 5113 Guaranteed Results 5514 Explain and Apply 5915 Arrangement 6316 Application Examples 6917 Popular and Unique 7318 Bias Buster 7719 Rotating Perspectives 8120 Number Series 8521 $20 Auction 8922 A Sentence About Me 9323 Remember the Rules 9724 Combined Tasks 10325 Seven Sentences 10726 Trick Questions 11127 Subjective or Objective 11528 Unlearn 11929 Disrupt 12330 Disruptive Behaviors 12731 Roles 13332 Effective Meeting Participant 13733 Paper Balls 14134 Nametags 14535 Finding Partners 14936 First Touch 15337 Back to Back 15738 Co-Creation 16139 Discuss 16540 Secret Mentors 16941 Creativity Collaboration 17342 Working the Room 17743 Inclusion 18144 Who Wrote That? 18545 Meeting Types 18946 Agenda Items 19347 Sarcastic Definitions 19748 A Historic Meeting 20149 Behind the Back 20750 The End 211Acknowledgments 215About the Author 217Index 219