Part of facilitating meetings is developing an agenda. The purpose of an agenda is to keep the meeting focused on a central set of topics. However, agendas can easily become overcrowded and interfere with the process.

Here is an easy process for developing an agenda.

Step 1:

  • List all potential meeting topics
  • Be sure to ask all meeting members for ideas

Step 2:

  • Define the overall goal for each topic

Step 3:

  • Decide what can be handled outside the meeting (before or after)
  • Cut down the list

Step 4:

  • Define success for each agenda item
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