TidyHQ Musings

TidyHQ Musings

Our learnings through TidyHQ.com from our interactions with organisations of all shapes and sizes.

We're in the business of listening to organisations and saving them time. We truly value what they tell us, and this is a crystallised series of those experiences and more.

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Are Meeting Formats Still Relevant?

Every meeting should have an agenda, a time-keeper, minute taker etc, all helping to produce a goal(s) that you want to accomplish. 

But are traditional meeting structures out of date? Does the new generation of instant satisfaction, those that are used to instant emails, SMS’s, success and promotion have the patience to sit through the most formal of practices? 

Arranging the agenda to quickly whittle through the tasks at hand is getting ever more important. If an agenda item is not contributing to the required outcomes, take it out. 

No one will miss it.

If they do miss it, point out that they should have added it to the agenda and include it next time if it is again validated. 

It doesn’t matter how interesting the numbers are, or the feedback from that group is, if it’s not going to support the main objective of the meeting it’s merely a distraction and an obstacle to your clubs success. It will likely also add to the pain that drives volunteers away from such committee positions.