How do you schedule a meeting?

Answer 1

There are two kinds of meetings that are common in business today. One is an in-person meeting, where the participants sit together in a room and discuss whatever the topics for the meeting might be; this type of meeting is helpful when companies want to have employees gather for a face-to-face conversation. The other kind is conducted by technology-- often via Skype, or via a conference call (such as Go To Meeting or UberConference). This type of meeting is most helpful when you have participants who live in many distant locations and cannot all get to the same place; the technology allows them to be seen or heard in real-time, no matter what city they might be in.

Depending on whether you are having an in-person meeting or a Skype/conference call meeting, you first decide who is supposed to be at this meeting. Usually, there are specific groups of people who participate around specific topics-- such as a committee that deals with the budget, or a committee that deals with publicity. Then you arrange a time for the meeting; arrange a location (if it's an in-person meeting), or provide a way to connect (if it's a conference call, you would have one central phone number everyone uses); and you notify those who have been invited. When scheduling the meeting, make sure you know the agenda, so you can tell everyone what the meeting is about and why it's important for them to participate.