Tips, Advice and Best Practices for Efficient Meetings
The experts’ opinions are unquestionably clear: the meetings are synonymous with exasperating work for a multitude of managers. Regardless of where you work, the concept of an endless meeting sounds familiar to you. The notion of wasting time in meetings is...
Most Boards of Directors already have a procedure in place and most still operate with paper documents. Changing an already established method and convincing people to change some habits is not easy. There are a lot of reticence and constraints that can slow down the...
The annual general meeting (AGM) is a crucial meeting for the proper functioning of almost any type of organization. It is a democratic and decisive moment to review the year and make future decisions. Let's see together how to organize an annual general meeting...
Change can be a drag for some people, especially when it comes to adopting a new technological tool at work. Human beings generally prefer to stay in their socks! Implementing meeting management software can seem like a huge undertaking because it involves everyone in...
Non-profit organizations and associations are an integral part of our community and all have different missions in different sectors and domains. One thing they all have in common is a board of directors structure supported by strong governance. These organizations...
The pandemic has affected many sectors, including nonprofit organizations. Many issues that they have faced and still face today deserve to be highlighted. We are in a time of adaptation and change! Some of the organizations' leaders have used innovative strategies to...
We all agree that email is an integral part of our daily lives and that videoconferencing software has become essential with the increase in teleworking in recent years. After all, these tools are useful for meeting and communicating online. We can easily schedule our...
To organize optimal meetings for a board of directors or executive committee, there are many elements to consider: planning meetings, communication between members and directors, writing the agenda and minutes, managing documentation, making decisions, and tracking...
Who hasn't attended an endless meeting with the feeling that they are always getting away from the topic or without knowing the real relevance? Wasting precious time with meetings that are not always productive is very common. Even...
Do you have to prepare a board meeting and want to organize it well? There are obviously some basic practices to follow if you want to well organize your board meeting. Moreover, by being well prepared, you will have meetings that respect good governance practices....
We have a lot of meetings, but it’s not “glamorous” to think about improving them. There is not much openness to change; we prefer to keep the status quo. Why change? It’s the way we’ve always done it. But you are the one who wants better meetings! Who thinks it could...
Working from home, we are in prevention mode and are looking for ways to minimize the impact on our workflow despite the challenging social and global context we are currently facing due to the coronavirus. Managers must therefore adapt their practice to the current...
The recording is omnipresent in our phone exchanges with our suppliers and partners. It has even become a habit to hear: “your call can be recorded or listened to”, to the point where we ignore it. With the advent of smartphones, spontaneous audio recording has become...
Many of you use a to-do list to manage team tasks or even a task management tool such as Todoist or ClickUp. I applaud you for using a tool to help you track all your tasks at work. But what about the tasks that come out of your meetings?...
With the growing popularity of teleworking caused by the pandemic, more remote meetings are being held. Sometimes we work with teammates, collaborators or clients who are located at various sites, or even in other countries. « Nearly half (47%) of Canadian employees...
Definition of SEC Meetings According to the official website of the French government, the Social and Economic Committee (SEC) is defined as follows: The SEC replaces the elected representatives of the personnel in the company. It merges all the staff representative...
What is QUORUM? A quorum is the minimum number of members required at a meeting for the decisions voted on are valid. If the quorum is not reached, the vote cannot take place at the meeting then the decision cannot be taken and the status quo will be maintained. What...
Our interview with Louis Turmel, the CEO and founder of Beenote will provide you with interesting solutions and valuable advice to optimize your meetings forever. You'll learn how the Beenote teams use their own meeting management software! Why a meeting management...
