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- Many companies are holding meetings or conferences to bring
- their employees together. These meetings may be designed to
- enable the company to get key officials together to plan for
- future growth and development or simply for the enjoyment of the
- members participating. For whatever reason, these meetings serve
- a very useful management function. Employees get together and
- share their knowledge and pool their talents and resources in a
- relaxed atmosphere.
- The success of these meetings depends largely on the person
- that is responsible for planning and checking details from the
- time the meeting is planned until the very end of the meeting.
- This person has the full responsibility of seeing that the
- meeting is a success.
- These meetings should be planned far enough in advance to
- reserve adequate space for the event. Hotels and conference
- centers that specialize in these services are very busy. Many are
- booked for years in advance.
- Participants should be notified as soon as the arrangements
- are made for the location. This early notification will result in
- better attendance as it will allow the participants to arrange
- their schedules in advance. If a copy of the program is made
- available in advance, they can plan much more intelligently.
- At the meeting the person responsible should be available to
- answer questions, take messages, and greet and direct
- participants to their proper places. A person should be free to
- run errands and help the hotel with meeting details.
- Meetings can be very beneficial to the hosting company if
- they are run efficiently. Many excellent ideas and projects have
- begun in meetings such as these.