Better Meetings for Everyone

Volume 17, Issues 3-4, 2010
Publisher: Jana M. Kemp

1. Today's Agenda: Meeting Rooms Alive!
2. Seen Elsewhere
3. Meeting Quotes
4. Meetings@Work
5. Tools & Tips

Meeting Rooms Alive!

As you look into meeting room redesigns and construction, make sure the room itself is functional and alive!

Consider:

• Lighting controls: make sure the presentation area of the room has its own light-control, separate from the rest of the room and other sections of the room. The key is to have multiple light controls so the screen-area can be dimmed while keeping the lights up in the rest of the room.
• Equipment: presentation displays of all formats – paper, flipchart, white or smart-board, audio, visual, and computer displays. Be sure to install video/computer screen monitors that can handle DVDs and computer feeds as well as any “overhead display” type systems. No more single-purpose equipment allowed!

• Conferencing equipment: computer, telephone, video and security for such systems.
• Online Access: will you install cable or wireless technology for the room?
• Furniture: match the use of the room and the length of time people will be in the room. Chairs are actually rated for the number of hours they can be sat upon comfortably.
• Recycling: have a trash and recycling center in the room.

This site shows some of the possibilities:

Your best bet is a local supplier with whom you have a working relationship or going to manufacturer sites to find local suppliers. Be sure to NEGOTIATE for best equipment prices AND installation fees.

To learn more, search the web phrase: conference room av systems

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Moving Out of the Box

Tools for Team Decision Making by Jana Kemp

Commanding Collaborators in Chief are in demand! They master both coming to consensus and command-and-control decision making approaches because these decision tools are equal. Learn why and discover a tool for reaching consensus when a team or group is so stuck that chaos or indecision are the most likely results. To buy the hardback or the soft-cover from Stanford University Press! visit: www.amazon.com

In 6 Languages!

NO! How One Simple Word Can Transform Your Life

By Jana Kemp

Mentioned in such places as the Oprah “O” magazine, Kemp’s book is available in Polish, Turkish, Dutch, Arabic and Chinese. Discover your POWER to say “no” and stop getting talked into “yes.” Create your own Policy of NO and never get talked into a “yes” again!

Prepared Not Paranoid

by Jana Kemp and Doug Graves.

Ready to learn how to be prepared for great living every day rather than being paranoid? This book combines Jana Kemp's 2002 police academy experience with veteran officer and police trainer Doug Graves' and produces a readable book for keeping yourself and loved ones safe every day. www.amazon.com

Building Community in Buildings

By Jana M. Kemp and Ken Baker

If your organization is building or remodeling office space, this book provides the HRD2 Model for creating productive and creative workspaces that encourage employees to shine. Released in late 2006, this book includes models, surveys, good-example photos of buildings and resources to help human resource and training professionals positively impact the architecting and design of built spaces. To Buy, visit :www.amazon.com

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Learn to improve your meeting leadership skills thereby getting more done in meetings and spending less time doing it. Written by Jana Kemp, this book was her first to be published (1994) and first to be translated (Italian).

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