17. Learning to inform in meetings
Translated from the French original.
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Here I go again.
Sharing information cannot be the objective of a meeting.
This statement ruffles feathers, and I invest a great deal of energy in answering the objections it provokes.
There must always be an intention behind the decision to hold an information meeting.
Sharing information is not an objective. It’s a means.
So there’s no point calling a meeting without knowing what that means is in service of, and without having an answer to at least one part of the following question:
“At the end of the meeting, what do I want the participants to think? say? or do?”
I was recently with an organisation that devotes a great deal of its time and resources to sharing information.
After a good debate, I left them keen to rethink their approach and to question more deeply the usefulness of the time spent sharing information.
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Informing to secure a commitment.
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Informing to reinforce their positioning as experts.
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Informing to make sure their clients will be equipped and ready for what comes next.
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Informing to prompt questions and advance their own understanding.
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If in a meeting you’ve decided to inform …
Take the time to know why you’re informing in a meeting…
You’ll do it far better.
Ecole Internationale de Réuniologie
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