Meetings are great for 'brainstorming' ideas, feeding back information to the group about what's been happening and setting goals. They are also good for evaluating key events and activities, so you can learn from successes and failures.

For meetings large and small, it's worth establishing the following roles at the beginning:

• Facilitator - to keep people focussed on the agenda and make sure everyone has a chance to have their say.
• Time keeper - to make sure the agenda items keep to their allocated time and the meeting doesn't drag on.
• Minute keeper - to take notes on what's been decided, who's promised to do what, etc (especially so people who missed the meeting are kept up-to-date).

It's important to give everyone a chance to add items to the agenda before the meeting starts. It's also good to have an updates section at the beginning of all meetings. Remember not to talk over people in meetings. Maintaining group harmony is probably the first and most important victory for any campaign.

 

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