This article includes a few ideas about how MeetingSift can help you lead “lean meetings” – a phrase we love that refers to the ideal length and employee engagement level for whatever type of meeting it is that you run.
As a meeting leader you may not realize just how important your role is in keeping the meeting focused and on track. But sometimes it’s important for engagement to let group decision making be a guiding factor in the direction the meeting is headed.
More Engagement and Directed Conversation
The concept of lean meetings comes from the inventors of Lean Coffee, a meeting style that uses a collaborative method of generating the topics and structure in order to facilitate more engaged and directed conversation. Their process is simple:
- Gather meeting topics from all participants
- Have attendants vote for topics they want to discuss
- As the meeting goes, set a time for each topic and then after that time vote on whether to allot more time or move on to the next topic.
You can probably see why we love this structure – the democratic process of selecting topics and timing generates efficiency and engagement (our favorites!). And while it was designed to be run using post-it notes on a whiteboard, you can easily see how using MeetingSift to make it even MORE efficient!
Run Lean Meetings with MeetingSift
First, you can easily collect meeting topics from participants through the brainstorm tool and then create a ranking poll for most essential topics. As the meeting goes on, create an agenda item for the main points of each topic being discussed so that participants are reminded to avoid tangents. When people feel that they are involved in the agenda making process, they are more likely to use the meeting time as effectively as possible for the group.
RUN LEAN MEETINGS WITH MEETINGSIFT
Begin with quickly collecting meeting topics from participants through the brainstorm activity, and then create a ranking poll to collectively prioritize most essential topics.
As the meeting goes on, create an agenda item for the main points of each topic being discussed so that participants are reminded to avoid tangents. When people feel that they are involved in the agenda making process, they are more likely to use the meeting time as effectively as possible for the group.
MeetingSift's easy to use collaboration platform for meetings helps you run more productive meetings, with higher engagement, better decision making, and more consistent follow up.
