Organizational meetings can be just as detrimental to a company as they can be beneficial. Which category the meeting falls into will determine the overall success of the organization. Let’s first take a look at what it takes to run a successful meeting‚ then analyze whether Defense Finance‚ and Accounting Service uses meetings effectively based on current experiences. What does it take to run an effective meeting? The author of Managerial Communication Strategies and Application‚ Geraldine E. Hynes
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I first attended AA meetings as a requirement while I was in outpatient treatment in 2002. So when I learned that I had to go for a class assignment‚ I thought I would be comfortable attending a meeting. I was going with the intent on just sitting in the back and listening. The meetings that I had gone to in the past were held at the treatment center where I was seeking help. For this assignment‚ I went to a group meeting at a prominent church in south Charlotte. Once
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April 16‚ 2017: United Methodist AA Meeting The first meeting I decided to attend was an AA meeting. I choose this meeting from a list on Google.com. I did not have any requirements for the meeting‚ but I made my final decision based upon the location and familiarity of the location. I use to live in the area and was comfortable that my choice would be in a safe location. I choose to go to a meeting in the day time‚ due to safety and my gender. I drove to the meeting with no complications to finding
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12 Step Meeting How did the meeting start? It all started with an opening speech from the guest speaker who was once an alcoholic and has been sober for over 22yrs. Was one of the 12 Steps discussed‚ or many? Yes‚ all 12 steps were discussed in brief during the meeting since it was the first 12 steps meeting for this new group. Was there a personal testimonial? Yes‚ the floor was opened to all members who are willing to share their personal testimonies. Eleven people shared their
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I attended an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on 7/11 in Elizabeth NJ at the immaculate Conception School on Prince Street. It was an open-discussion meeting. It reminded me of any therapeutic group; although it did seam more structured and ritualistic‚ almost like a religious group. Before the meeting‚ everyone was socializing gathered around coffee and cookies. Most people seemed to be very close to each other. There was a stand with many pamphlets containing information about alcoholism‚ the program
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On Sunday‚ March 6th‚ I went to an AA meeting in the Heights Vietnam Veterans Memorial Building between Manhattan and Summit Avenues in NJ‚ Jersey City. The meeting started around 10:30 AM and ended around 11:30 AM. Before the meeting‚ lots of coffee‚ tea and donuts were served to the people. There were about 50 people that showed up to the meeting‚ 35 of them were males and the other 15 were females. Most of them were either old or middle aged. The meeting consisted of a podium which had about five
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Evaluation for Welcome Meeting Personal In my opinion‚ the welcome meeting went well apart from few errors were made but we managed to recover from. The customers were given the information that was needed about the site and the excursion they were also given the prices needed for all the other things that they can do. I think it all went all part from when we went wrong we started to laugh and we were not wearing uniform which would have made us look more professional Feedback from customers
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Team Communication: Workplace Meetings and Interactions Workplace meetings have become as common an occurrence in daily business activity as punching in on a time clock. "Done right‚ meetings are one of the most powerful communication tools." (Thibodeau‚ 2005‚ para. 1). As beneficial as productive meetings can be to business organizations‚ ineffective meetings can have an equally detrimental effect. Regardless of how boring or pointless they may seem‚ not even modern technology is a substitute
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run successfully was key to maintaining its popularity. Connor Community Government was fully responsible for funding‚ planning out‚ and having its members run the event. Two months before Connorstock‚ my community government had its weekly board meeting‚ in which we discussed what kind of activities and vendors we will have at Connorstock. Excited to take part in the community’s biggest event‚ I took initiative in the planning process by actively suggesting possible foods and activities to have at
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VIRTUAL MEETINGS: SMART MANAGEMENT For many businesses‚ including investment banking‚ accounting‚ law‚ technology services‚ and management consulting‚ extensive travel is a fact of life. The expenses incurred by business travel have been steadily rising in recent years‚ primarily due to increasing energy costs. In an effort to reduce travel expenses‚ many companies‚ both large and small‚ are using videoconferencing and Web conferencing technologies. A June
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