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Great Tips! With project related...

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Great Tips! With project related...

Submitted by Luke (not verified) on February 21, 2006 - 2:48pm.

Great Tips! With project related meetings, I’m accustomed to throwing in a little GTD-related goodness:

Avoid taking minutes at all costs.

Instead, add spaces next to each agenda item for indicating “next actions”, “person(s) responsible”, and “deadline/expected completion date”.

Colleagues unaccustomed to this will appreciate the succint summary of the meeting’s outcome.

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