Meeting Design - by Kevin M Hoffman (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Meetings don't have to be painfully inefficient snoozefests--if you design them. Meeting Design will teach you the design principles and innovative approaches you'll need to transform meetings from boring to creative, from wasteful to productive. Meetings can and should be indispensable to your organization; Kevin Hoffman will show you how to design them for success.

Review Quotes

"At last, a book that acknowledges meetings as a design problem. Read this. Learn it. Put it into practice. Then thank the author when your group work soars."
--Sunni Brown, best-selling author and Chief Human Potentialist

"I kid you not: the last meeting I was in that Kevin facilitated, people teared up at the end because of how transformative our time together was. When's the last time you could say that about any of your meetings?"
-- Dan Mall, Founder and Director, SuperFriendly

"I would like Kevin Hoffman to design not only my meetings but also probably my entire life."
--Kristina Halvorson, CEO, Brain Traffic and coauthor, Content Strategy for the Web

"In Kevin Hoffman's hands, business meetings become a powerful tool of design."
--Jeffrey Zeldman, Founder, studio.zeldman and A List Apart

"There''s meeting your maker, and then there's making your meeting. Kevin Hoffman dives deep, offering myriad ways to design good meetings."
--Molly Wright Steenson, Associate Professor, School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University

"Want to run meetings that are both productive and fun? This book is for you!"
--Andy Budd, Owner and Director of Clearleft