Many professionals pay serious attention to big speaking events (with good reason), but often forget that what build them as strong persuasive communicators is a consistent and insisting focus on rhetorical excellence in the (less glamorous) meetings and presentations.

That being said, one complain I often hear from leaders is that they lack preparation time and tools. So what to do then?

In Denmark (and likewise in many other countries too), managers in the private sector on average spend 11.4 hours per week on meetings. Managers in the public sector, however, spend a whopping 14.1 hours per week. And only 1 in 4 of these manages think that the results of these meetings match the resources spent on them.

Easy and effective 7 steps to any meeting introduction

Read here and get a super simple and effective 7 Step Model you can use for all meetings:

 1.   Welcome / Greeting of the participants

2.   Purpose and goal, including reason(s) for the meeting

3.   Presentation of participants and their roles in the meeting

4.   Structure, plan, and duration

5.   Rules of the meeting (interruptions, debates, etc.)

6.   Emphasising the type of meeting (discussion, information, brain storm, decision making etc.)

7.   Expected next step(s) after the meeting

 The structure seems easy, right? The content can be a little more difficult. While the structure can be used for any type of meeting, the content needs to be tailored to the specific meeting, your subject, participants, and even to your business style.

At ordinary meetings you might not get as much applause as you do at the big speaking events – but your meeting delegates will reward you with Credibility and the Black Belt in Meeting Introductions.

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