Before the Meeting

Create a Plan for the Event

After determining that the assigned physical meeting room will work for the type of meeting you want to hold, continue with the planning process and create a plan for the event.

  1. Develop a strategy for each element of the meeting; this specifies what you will do. See Developing Strategies under this section.
  2. List the tasks necessary to implement each strategy; these are how you will do it.
  3. Identify who will complete each task to implement the strategies by defining roles and assigning tasks to each role.
  4. Set a timeline with deadlines for when tasks will be completed.

Set the Timeline

After creating a plan and assigning tasks, set the timeline for the tasks to be completed. Sometime it works better to start with the date the meeting will take place and work backwards from there to determine when each task will need to be completed. Notify Participants and Presenters about the meeting, allowing enough time for them to acquire and configure any necessary equipment as well as prepare their presentations and practice using Adobe Connect.

Create Checklists

As the final step of the planning process, create a checklist for each person assigned a role in the meeting to use when setting up.