A meeting is a gathering of two or more people that has been convened for the purpose of achieving a common goal through verbal interaction, such as sharing information or reaching agreement. Meetings may occur face to face or virtually, as mediated by communications technology, such as a telephone conference call, a skyped conference call or a videoconference. Thus, a meeting may be distinguished from other gatherings, such as a chance encounter (not convened), a sports game or a concert (verbal interaction is incidental), a party or the company of friends (no common goal is to be achieved) and a demonstration (whose common goal is achieved mainly through the number of demonstrators present, not verbal interaction). This book is your one-stop, ultimate resource for Handling Effective Meetings. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links covering all aspects of Handling Effective Meetings: Meeting, Action item, AEI World Forum, Agenda (meeting), Altenberg Workshops in Theoretical Biology, Annual general meeting, Annual Georgia European Union Summit, Assembly hall, Awayday, Birds of a Feather (computing), Bourinot's Rules of Order, Business trip, Candlelight vigil, Chatham House Rule, Code Camp, Coffeehouse (event), Collaborative working system, Colloquy (religious), Committee, Conference hall, Congress, Consensus decision-making, Convention (meeting), Convocation, Deliberative assembly, DISCOP, Doodle.com, European Architecture Students Assembly, Evoma, Ex officio member, Extraordinary General Meeting, Facilitation (business), Facilitator, Fishbowl (conversation), Function hall, Future workshop, General Assembly (Unitarian Universalist Association), Green conventions, Icebreaker (facilitation), Meeting point, Meeting system, Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing, Exhibitions, Minutes, Moderator (town official), Moment of silence, Morin code, Official function, Open Space Technology, Open town meeting, Open-space meeting, Parley, Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall, Plenary session, Popular assembly, Program book, Representative town meeting, Robert's Rules of Order, 2006 Russian March, Salon (gathering), Skeptics in the Pub, Speed geeking, Speed Thinking, Staging area, Stammtisch, Stand-up meeting, Tertulia, Town hall meeting, Town meeting, Unconference, W00tstock, Warwick Economics Summit This book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of Handling Effective Meetings. It reduces the risk of your time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of Handling Effective Meetings with the objectivity of experienced professionals. Unique, authoritative, and wide-ranging, it offers practical and strategic advice for managers, business owners and students worldwide.