Meeting
For multi-event athletic competitions see Trackand Field
Competitions, section Meetings.
Meetings are sometimes held around conference tables.
In a meeting, two or more people come together to dis-cuss one
or more topics, often in a formal setting.
1 Definitions
Modern videoconferencing system
One dictionary defines a meeting as an act or process ofcoming
together as an assembly for a common purpose.[1]
A meeting is a gathering of two or more people that hasbeen
convened for the purpose of achieving a commongoal through verbal
interaction, such as sharing informa-tion or reaching agreement.[2]
Meetings may occur faceto face or virtually, as mediated by
communications tech-nology, such as a telephone conference call, a
skyped con-ference call or a videoconference.Thus, a meeting may be
distinguished from other gather-ings, such as a chance encounter
(not convened), a sportsgame or a concert (verbal interaction is
incidental), a
party or the company of friends (no common goal is tobe
achieved) and a demonstration (whose common goalis achieved mainly
through the number of demonstratorspresent, not verbal
interaction).Commercially, the term is used by meeting planners
andother meeting professionals to denote an event booked ata hotel,
convention center or any other venue dedicatedto such
gatherings.[2] In this sense, the term meeting cov-ers a lecture
(one presentation), seminar (typically severalpresentations, small
audience, one day), conference (mid-size, one or more days),
congress (large, several days),exhibition or trade show (with
manned stands being vis-ited by passers-by), workshop (smaller,
with active partic-ipants), training course, team-building session
and kick-off event.
2 Types of meetings
Meetings are often held in conference rooms
Common types of meeting include:
Ad hoc meeting, a meeting called for a special pur-pose
Board meeting, a meeting of the Board of directorsof an
organization
Investigative Meeting, generally when conducting apre-interview,
exit interview or a meeting among theinvestigator and
representative
Kickoff meeting, the first meeting with the projectteam and the
client of the project to discuss the roleof each team member
Management meeting, a meeting among managers
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2 4 SEE ALSO
First staff meeting of a new executive
Training meeting about sustainable design. The photo showsa
training meeting with factory workers in a stainless steelecodesign
company from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Off-site meeting, also called offsite retreat andknown as an
Awayday meeting in the UK
One-on-one meeting, between two individuals
Pre-Bid Meeting, a meeting of various competitorsand or
contractors to visually inspect a jobsite fora future project. The
meeting is normally hostedby the future customer or engineer who
wrote theproject specification to ensure all bidders are awareof
the details and services expected of them. Atten-dance at the
Pre-Bid Meeting may be mandatory.Failure to attend usually results
in a rejected bid
Staff meeting, typically a meeting between a man-ager and those
that report to the manager
Stand-up meeting, a meeting with attendees typi-cally standing.
The discomfort of standing for longperiods helps to keep the
meetings short.
Teammeeting, ameeting among colleagues workingon various aspects
of a team project
Work Meeting, which produces a product or intan-gible result
such as a decision
3 Meeting frequency options
Since a meeting can be held once or often, the meetingorganizer
has to determine the repetition and frequencyof occurrence of the
meeting. Options generally includethe following:
A one-time meeting is the most common meet-ing type and covers
events that are self-contained.While they may repeat often, the
individual meetingis the entirety of the event. This can include a
2006conference. The 2007 version of the conference is astand-alone
meeting event.
A recurring meeting is a meeting that recurs period-ically, such
as an every Monday staff meeting from9:00AM to 9:30 AM. The meeting
organizer wantsthe participants to be at the meeting on a
constantand repetitive basis. A recurring meeting can be on-going,
such as a weekly team meeting, or have anend date, such as a 5-week
training meeting, heldevery Friday afternoon.
A series meeting is like a recurring meeting, but thedetails
differ from meeting to meeting. One exam-ple of a seriesmeeting is
amonthly lunch and learnevent at a company, church, club or
organization.The placeholder is the same, but the agenda and
top-ics to be covered vary. This is more of a recurringmeeting with
the details to be determined.
4 See also Action item
Agenda
Online diary planner
BarCamp
Conference room
Event Planning and Production
Facilitation (business)
International Congress Calendar
Meeting point
Minutes
Official trip
Organizational development
Parliamentary procedure
Quaker meeting for worship
Scientific meeting
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