Self-Reflection #1

             A meeting is usually conducted when a group of people try to get to study, discuss a topic and come out with a decision and a product. A meeting can only be effective if the objective and the product are clear. There are also few other reasons to how a meeting could be effective. For example, having a clear agenda, addressing important matters, not getting distracted by side issues being punctual and finally documenting what goes in the meeting.

 Our meeting proceeded well, started right on time but ended 5 minutes earlier than expected. My role in the meeting was the chair, and we accomplished in the meeting with actions to be taken on how to increase the number of enrolled students in the upcoming years.

 There was a small difference between our practice meeting and the graded meeting. In our practice meeting, we got the chance to discuss, fix our agenda in a more suitable way. On the other hand, in the graded meeting, we were strict with time to come up with an agenda in few minutes, which limited our discussion with fewer ideas.

 To make the meeting interesting as a manager, I'd start with some icebreaker questions for the members and have them share interesting moments from their lives. I'd also server snacks and include all members into the discussion and give everyone a chance to speak up their mind. Vary the types of meeting each time, changing its style. Include tokens that gives permission to speak rather than have someone monopolizes the discussion.