If you’re leading a meeting, but want some advice on the best way to do this, take a look at our Middle Leaders How To: Lead a Staff Meeting resource - perfect for CPD! When it comes to planning a meeting, creating a thorough and well-organized agenda is crucial for ensuring that the meeting runs smoothly and achieves its objectives. Here are some of the key beneficiaries of using a meeting agenda:

In progress is the more popular version at this point in history, by a factor of several times. Unless this trend reverses, you are better off using in progress in your own writing, since it will seem more familiar to your readers. Assign follow-up actions specifically to an individual with an expected completion date. Whoever is recording the meeting minutes should also create an action plan. It consists of a list of topics, action items, and activities you want to discuss during the meeting.

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Nobody wants to sit in a meeting listening to one person dominating the conversation so limit the time any one person is allowed to speak by moving the meeting along to the next topic.

The agenda should be a reminder of the aim of the meeting but state the aims again at the beginning of the meeting and during the meeting if discussions are veering off topic. While the paid version doesn’t impose time restrictions, the free version will disconnect you after 40 minutes. This limitation is essentially Zoom’s way of offering a free service while encouraging users to upgrade for more comprehensive features. It’s important to understand these limitations to better plan your meetings and avoid unexpected disruptions. Understanding Zoom’s Different Plans and Their Limits This chart shows the relative usage of in process vs. in progress across all English-speaking communities since 1800: If you’re in a meeting and need more time, you can extend it on the spot. However, this feature is only available to the host and requires a Pro, Business, or Enterprise account.

Brainstorming meeting: used to flesh out a new idea with your teams in a conducive brainstorming session