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Thought for the day

Although here at MeetingWorld we have a section relating to romantic meetings, until now we’ve not found a book on the subject we’d like to draw your attention to. Anyway, here is one that might be good. I haven’t read it ‘cos I’m already with a wonderful long-term partner. But for those of you who aren’t, this might be worth the modest purchase price. Anyway – Meeting Your Half-Orange: An Utterly Upbeat Guide to Using Dating Optimism to Find Your Perfect Match""” target=”_blank”>(Kindle version)

This is what Amazon say: “Discover the power of positive dating! ‘Half-orange’ refers to the Spanish term ‘mi media naranja’, which is used to describe one’s beautiful, sweet, perfect other half. Now relationship expert Amy Spencer provides women with a step-by-step programme on how to grow one’s ‘half-orange’ from soil, seed, to ‘fruit-ion’ – by harnessing ‘Dating Optimism’. Rather than admonishing readers to make themselves more available, or turn dating into a full-time job,
“Meeting Your Half-Orange” teaches how to focus on the relationship they want with such intensity, the right person will come within a short period of time after completing the following phases: phase one – get your soil ready: believe you can have it; phase two – hit the garden shop: admit you want it; phase three – how to choose your seed: what do you want?; phase four – how to plant the seed: focus and imagine feeling it; phase five – dream of the perfect fruit: openly hope for it, like you’ve never hoped for anything before; phase six – nurture your sapling to bloom: live a happy life; and, phase seven – know when to pluck: how to recognize your half-orange.”

Thought for the day

“There are many ways to make decisions. Sometimes, the most efficient way to make decisions would be to just let the manager (or CEO, or dictator) make them. However, efficiency is not the only criteria. When choosing a decision-making method, one needs to ask two questions. Is it a fair process? Does it produce good solutions?”

© C.T. Butler, 1987

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Here’s what I try to do when chairing a meeting or indeed mentoring potential chairpeople. I try very hard not to distort new evidence made available during a meeting. By this I mean that I consider carefully whether that evidence could be interpreted as disconfirming my beliefs rather than supporting them. How successful am I are achieving this? Frankly, not as consistent as I’d like to be. But I’m getting there. (Howard Popeck)

Thought for the day

Admittedly this isn’t light reading. But it will enlighten and possibly be invaluable in some meeting situations. Investigating Workplace Discourse (Domains of Discourse)""” target=”_blank”>Kindle edition available

Thought for the day

J Stalin’s approach to meetings and indeed many other matters: “Death solves all problems – no man, no problem.”

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“It is often said that consensus is time-consuming and difficult. Making complex, difficult decisions is time-consuming, no matter what the process. Many different methods can be efficient, if every participant shares a common understanding of the rules of the game. Like any process, Formal Consensus can be inefficient if a group does not first assent to follow a particular structure.”

© C.T. Butler, 1987

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Prior to that crucial face-to-face sales presentation meeting you should know why someone should buy from you instead of the competition. Find your unique selling points and know your competitors so that you can address all the issues. A prospect that has doubts after you leave the meeting is unlikely to become a customer.

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This suggestion is for those with a somewhat more than usual level of interest in advanced communication in business meetings. The Language of Business Meetings (Cambridge Applied Linguistics)""” target=”_blank”>Kindle edition.