2008-Jun-10 - Why attendances are absentminded in the meeting?
In some meetings, I found most of the team members were absentminded. I summarize the common ground of these meetings.
1. The meeting request is not sent in advance.
If meeting request is not sent at least 1 day before the meeting, attendances may have their own schedule for the day, and may not be comfortable to adjust it because of the sudden meeting, nor have time to get prepared for it.
2. The meeting does not begin on time.
If the meeting environment is not well prepared in advance, or the meeting is not started on time, attendances may be discouraged and have impact on focus during meeting.
3. The meeting host is the presenter.
Hence nobody control the presentation time and the content may be unconstrained.
4. The meeting does not end on time.
If the meeting time is out of control, attendances will probably feel loathing and start thinking about their own stuff.
5. The meeting background light is too dim.
If only the screen in front of the meeting room is flashing during the whole meeting, attendances may feel sleepy. So proper background light is very necessary.
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