STUDENT'S
18 Steps to More Successful Meetings
From:  Doyle and Straus (1976).
How to make meetings work (Wyden Books)  

Before the Meeting:
1.    Plan the meeting carefully: who, what, when, where, how 
        many.
2.    Prepare and send out an agenda in advance.  Allow time for 
        feedback on agenda items prior to meeting date.
3.    Come early and set up the meeting room.

At the Beginning of the Meeting:
4.    Start on time!!!
5.    Get participants to introduce themselves and state their 
        expectations for the meeting (particularly important when 
        group members do not know each other, or are new).
6.    Clearly define roles (also important as in 5 above). 7.           
        Review, revise, and order the agenda, with whole group, 
        summarizing carry over items.
8.    Reconfirm time limits on agenda items and ending time.   
9.    Review action items carried over from the previous 
        meeting.  

During the Meeting:
10.   Follow the agenda, in particular paying attention to time.   
         At the End of the Meeting:
11.   Summarize the items that require action and confirm who 
         is to do what, etc.
12.   Review the times and places of any subcommittee 
         meetings that will be held before the next meeting of the 
         group.
13.   Set the date and place of the next meeting and develop a 
         preliminary agenda.
14.   Evaluate the meeting.
15.   Close the meeting on a positive note and on time. 16.        
         Clean up and leave the room the way you found it.  

After the Meeting:
17.    Prepare the group minutes and distribute them.
18.    Follow up on action items and begin to plan the next 
         meeting.