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"Gourmet Meetings should be required reading for all businesses, associations and organizations that want their meetings to have a positive impact on the bottom line." -- President, Acorn Consulting

Gourmet Meetings

On a Microwave Schedule

A Feast of more than 150 Smart Meeting Strategies Guaranteed to Save You Time, Energy & Lotsa Dough!

Featured in the New York Times!

Have you attended any meetings in the past few days?  If you're like millions of Americans, you  have likely attended several!  Take a moment to consider, on a scale of 1-10, how effective have these meetings been?

Whether in the name of volunteer duty or in the workplace, the great majority of us are required to attend meetings. And most of us believe that meeting time is often wasted time.

Fortunately, you don't have to leave your next meeting with a bad taste in your mouth...and you don't have to slave all day to cook up a meeting that is both profitable and enjoyable.  Gourmet Meetings on a Microwave Schedule is written with your busy schedule in mind.  The 28 short, easy-to-read chapters  are packed with more than 150 timeless strategies and brand-new ideas for immediately improving the effectiveness of, and enthusiasm for your meetings.  Click here to read what's on the menu!

"I was so impressed with Gourmet meetings on a Microwave Schedule that I have ordered copies for my entire management team, my board of directors, and all of my committee chairmen."

--General Manager,
Wakonda Country Club

 


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"This book has been a tremendous tool for the management staff. It has helped us to stay focused on our meeting objectives, stick with the 'who does what by when', and has had a tremendous impact on accountability and follow through. This easy read is packed with functional suggestions that keep us on schedule, on budget, and on task!"

-- President & CEO
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These tips have been developed, tried and tested by Susan B. Wilson, MBA, CSP who has led well over 5000, incredibly effective (that's what our clients tell us!), results-oriented meetings.  You may want to consider inviting Susan to work with your organization to dramatically increase the effectiveness of your meetings in just a few hours! 

"What a fantastic handbook to have as a reference guide. It is like a cookbook that you pull out of the cupboard, scan to make sure you have all the ingredients, follow the recipe and in the end you have a fantastic product: A meeting that is successful and everyone leaves feeling full and wanting come back for more!" --Deputy Warden, Newton Correctional Facility

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Be sure to click the underlined chapter titles below to read a free sample of the useful ideas packed into Gourmet Meetings on a Microwave Schedule!

Introduction

Page 3

Quiz: Do your meetings leave you fully satisfied or are you starving for results?

Page 5

  1.  What’s Cookin’?

Page 11

  2.  Preheat Your Meeting

Page 13

  3.  Planning Tips À la Carte

Page 15

  4.  Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth

Page 19

  5.  Who’s Coming to Dinner?

Page 21

  6.  Host a Potluck

Page 23

  7.  What’s On the Menu?

Page 25

  8.  Soup’s On

Page 27

  9.  Set Your Timer

Page 29

10.  Serve a 5-Course Meeting

Page 31

11.  Meeting Manners Matter

Page 39

12.  Your Recipe for Success: Meeting Guidelines

Page 43

13.  Pass the Roles, Please

Page 45

14.  Side Dishes

Page 51

15.  A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Meeting Go On

Page 55

16.  Ladle On the Listening

Page 57

17.  Spice Up Your Influence

Page 61

18.  Turning On the Heat

Page 63

19.  Skim Off Confusion

Page 65

20.  Let the Dough Rise

Page 67

21.  What’s Gobbling Up Your Meeting Time?

Page 69

22.  If You Don’t Butter Me Up, You’re Toast

Page 71

23.  Now For the Taste Test

Page 73

24.  Take Stock of Your Meeting

Page 75

25.  Mixing Meals and Meetings

Page 77

26.  Superb Substitutions

Page 79

27.  Don’t Stew In It – Get Cooking

Page 81

28.  What Are YOU Cookin’ Up For Your Next Meeting?

Page 83

Appendix

Page 89

"As a speaker who makes his livelihood in meetings, I think your book should be REQUIRED reading for any manager, middle manager and CEO who uses meetings to conduct business and share ideas. Finally a book on meetings that will leave a good taste in the mouths of all parties concerned! A 5-star success!"

--Gavin Jerome, "The Morale Mechanic"

"Conducting well organized meetings demonstrates respect for the time and energy of the participants, and increases productivity. All of us like to know we've accomplished our goals, and the ability to organize a team of individuals to accomplish a task is an art!" "Gourmet Meetings on a Microwave Schedule" teaches the art of running an effective meeting in a fun, creative way."

--Vice President for Enrollment Management
Clarkson University

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