Just like the AA meeting‚ I felt very uncomfortable with attending an Al-Anon meeting. I have been fortunate enough where no one close to me has ever been addicted to alcohol. I wasn’t sure how well I would be able to relate to the members of this meeting. I was very nervous walking in the meeting and I felt out of place. One thing that brought me relief was the smiling faces and happy conversation I encountered as I entered the room. These people looked like they were trying to make the best out
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Staff Retention Policy Contents 1. Introduction 2. Purpose and Aims 3. Scope What Motivates 4. Induction 5. Flexible Working 6. Acting Act/Career Progression 7. Supervisions & Appraisals 8. Communication 9. Exit Interviews 10. Staff Development & Continuous Professional Development 11. Staff Benefits 1. Introduction The retention policy is to ensure that all procedures and benefits relating to this policy are carried out and to maintain a workforce that is valued for their skills and/or experience
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How to write meeting minutes What is the purpose of minutes? Minutes are written as an accurate record of a group’s meetings‚ and a record of decisions taken. They are useful because people can forget what was decided at a meeting if there is no written record of the proceedings. Minutes can also inform people who were not at the meeting about what took place. Who writes the minutes? It is normal practice for one person (minute taker) at each meeting to be given the task of writing the minutes. It
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Effective Meetings for Managers The purpose of an agenda (weighting 5% of the total mark) Productive‚ valuable‚ and engaging meetings require a clear goal‚ an open dialog‚ and a strong leader. Key to this is a well constructed agenda prepared prior to the meeting. An agenda should act as a guide to attendees letting participants know the meeting objective and what to expect. An agenda aims to direct the meeting by providing topic prompts‚ a running order and proposed time allocation for relevant
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Effective Communication in a Business Meeting It probably started with the juice of some wild berries‚ a stick‚ a cave wall and an artistic Cro-Magnon hunter presenting his ideas to his tribe for the next day ’s hunt. 2.5 million years later‚ we still conduct meetings to bring everyone up to date‚ gather feedback‚ or invite suggestions. The business communities have embraced the teamwork mentality of coordinating projects and the sharing of ideas. Business meetings can range between two people to
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member in numerous group meetings every day‚ here is a new technology for meeting environment‚ the Electronic Meeting System (EMS). The definition of meeting includes people gathering together whether at the same place at the same time‚ or in different place at different time. The primary goal of this new technology system is making the group discussion more productive and efficient through directly impacting and changing the behaviors in the groups no matter where the meeting is holding on. The article
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Making meetings work for you Do you dread meetings more than Monday mornings? Do you find them boring‚ unproductive and far too long? Meetings are central to most organizations; people need to know what their colleagues are doing and then take decisions based on shared information and opinions. How well you present yourself and your ideas‚ and how well you work with other people‚ is crucial to your career. RUNNING A MEETING Only call a meeting if you and your colleagues are quite sure about its
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Produce Minutes of Meetings 1. Explain the purpose of different types of minutes and other meeting records Minutes are an official written statement of the motions and resolutions taken in a meeting. It is brief but a complete record of all discussions held with the members that attended the meeting. Minutes are also the official record of the proceeding of a meeting that should be needed to approve by the participating members of the meeting. An accurate written record of meetings is significantly
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NA Meeting paper Prin. Chem. Dep. 5300 B Before I attended the NA meeting‚ I had felt more than a little apprehensive; I really wasn’t quite sure what to expect from the meeting and that made me very nervous. I have talked to and listened to addicts and recovering addicts many times before‚ my brother is a recovering addict and a few friends are also‚ but that did not prepare me for the sadness‚ grief‚ and happiness I saw in this meeting. The meeting started out with the person
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My third supervisor meeting took place on Friday‚ January 30. By this time I had decided that I could not have an actual recycling program in place‚ but that I should create a plan for such a system. At my meeting‚ Mrs. Wilkinson and I discussed finding additional sources of information for my project‚ the skills I used throughout the course of my project‚ and what my product and presentation were going to look like. Mrs. Wilkinson suggested that I have more face-to-face communication with others
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