I have to totally disagree on “no cellphones, no blackberries, no electronic browsing..” for two reasons:

1) Yes, there are other priorities in my worklife than this meeting, even if the meeting is with the CEO. If there is an emergency back at my worksite, I have to be in touch. Yes, your meeting is very, very important, but why are you deciding that it is more important than any number of things that might come up in your attendees worklife? How do you know that?

1. We all promise to only use them when the content is irrelevant or boring… in other words, if you see one of your attendees thumbing their blackberry, then apparently your content is not terribly important, relevant, or interesting. You want me to stay off my email, then improve your meeting.