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	<title>Comments on: How to start a meeting</title>
	<link>http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2005/09/starting-meetings</link>
	<description>I'm pretty good at wasting your time.  By Tom Sherman.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: eindresvari</title>
		<link>http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2005/09/starting-meetings#comment-316794</link>
		<dc:creator>eindresvari</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>find a proper time a nd a good warming words.make sure you can bring everybodies attention.thats enoght good</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>find a proper time a nd a good warming words.make sure you can bring everybodies attention.thats enoght good</p>
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		<title>By: CePe</title>
		<link>http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2005/09/starting-meetings#comment-4670</link>
		<dc:creator>CePe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2005/09/starting-meetings#comment-4670</guid>
		<description>Good observations.

Here are some that have adhered to my mind, like the random accretions of sediment on the bottom of life's lake:

1.  Preparation for meetings does not always ensure success, but it makes you feel better(unless the preparation was at the expense of your mutually exclusive critical job tasks)  Unfortunately, the "mandatory meeting in ten minutes" with the division chiefs on high-involvement corporate decisions exists as an opportunity to embarass rivals, for intelligent decisions seldom come from such "jack-rabbit" tactics.  No, these are the favored tools of the workplace's "hidden agenda jackals."

2.  Some meetings exist solely to validate the
importance of the chair (Hey! Look! I'm important -- see, I've dragged all my minions to
the conference room to brief items that could easily have been emailed, but weren't.). These are, in effect, "muster" meetings. 

3.  Beware, however, the co-workers who facetiously slam meetings as worthless -- they are
worthless to them, because they are too busy scamming face-time with the REAL decision makers. These are the clowns who wait for the new boss to come in, and when it's time for input, throw slime in your general direction. Nothing like ruining a first-impression, no?


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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good observations.</p>
<p>Here are some that have adhered to my mind, like the random accretions of sediment on the bottom of life&#8217;s lake:</p>
<p>1.  Preparation for meetings does not always ensure success, but it makes you feel better(unless the preparation was at the expense of your mutually exclusive critical job tasks)  Unfortunately, the &#8220;mandatory meeting in ten minutes&#8221; with the division chiefs on high-involvement corporate decisions exists as an opportunity to embarass rivals, for intelligent decisions seldom come from such &#8220;jack-rabbit&#8221; tactics.  No, these are the favored tools of the workplace&#8217;s &#8220;hidden agenda jackals.&#8221;</p>
<p>2.  Some meetings exist solely to validate the<br />
importance of the chair (Hey! Look! I&#8217;m important &#8212; see, I&#8217;ve dragged all my minions to<br />
the conference room to brief items that could easily have been emailed, but weren&#8217;t.). These are, in effect, &#8220;muster&#8221; meetings. </p>
<p>3.  Beware, however, the co-workers who facetiously slam meetings as worthless &#8212; they are<br />
worthless to them, because they are too busy scamming face-time with the REAL decision makers. These are the clowns who wait for the new boss to come in, and when it&#8217;s time for input, throw slime in your general direction. Nothing like ruining a first-impression, no?</p>
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		<title>By: sergio</title>
		<link>http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2005/09/starting-meetings#comment-4669</link>
		<dc:creator>sergio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2005 11:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thanks!</description>
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		<title>By: tom sherman</title>
		<link>http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2005/09/starting-meetings#comment-4668</link>
		<dc:creator>tom sherman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2005/09/starting-meetings#comment-4668</guid>
		<description>Hmm, odd question to ask here!  Anyhow, from my &lt;a href="/css/common/" rel="nofollow"&gt;CSS file&lt;/a&gt;...

&lt;blockquote&gt;body {

background: #FFFFE0 url("/images/common/heineken5.gif") no-repeat fixed 99% 99%;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm, odd question to ask here!  Anyhow, from my <a href="/css/common/" rel="nofollow">CSS file</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>body {</p>
<p>background: #FFFFE0 url(&#8221;/images/common/heineken5.gif&#8221;) no-repeat fixed 99% 99%;</p>
<p>}</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: sergio</title>
		<link>http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2005/09/starting-meetings#comment-4667</link>
		<dc:creator>sergio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2005/09/starting-meetings#comment-4667</guid>
		<description>hello i see that you have a imagein the corner of the page, i want put one in my blog (i´m using wordpress)

I tried a code buf onli functions in firefox not in ie

&lt;a href="http://5sugus.myazor.info" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://5sugus.myazor.info&lt;/a&gt;

could yo help me?, whats the code of the css and html?

thanks</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>hello i see that you have a imagein the corner of the page, i want put one in my blog (i´m using wordpress)</p>
<p>I tried a code buf onli functions in firefox not in ie</p>
<p><a href="http://5sugus.myazor.info" rel="nofollow">http://5sugus.myazor.info</a></p>
<p>could yo help me?, whats the code of the css and html?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
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		<title>By: Nobrainer</title>
		<link>http://underscorebleach.net/jotsheet/2005/09/starting-meetings#comment-4666</link>
		<dc:creator>Nobrainer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All good points.  

Certainly some deviations or extras need to be thrown in from time to time.  For example, to keep meetings short and to point, I was once told that to not let anyone sit down. 

I've always wanted to try that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All good points.  </p>
<p>Certainly some deviations or extras need to be thrown in from time to time.  For example, to keep meetings short and to point, I was once told that to not let anyone sit down. </p>
<p>I&#8217;ve always wanted to try that.</p>
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