Meeting

For multi-event athletic competitions see Track

and Field Competitions, section Meetings.

party or the company of friends (no common goal is to

be achieved) and a demonstration (whose common goal
is achieved mainly through the number of demonstrators
present, not verbal interaction).

Commercially, the term is used by meeting planners and

other meeting professionals to denote an event booked at
a hotel, convention center or any other venue dedicated
to such gatherings.[2] In this sense, the term meeting covers a lecture (one presentation), seminar (typically several
presentations, small audience, one day), conference (midsize, one or more days), congress (large, several days),
exhibition or trade show (with manned stands being visited by passers-by), workshop (smaller, with active particMeetings are sometimes held around conference tables.
ipants), training course, team-building session and kickIn a meeting, two or more people come together to dis- o event.
cuss one or more topics, often in a formal setting.

2 Types of meetings
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Denitions

Meetings are often held in conference rooms

Common types of meeting include:

Modern videoconferencing system

Ad hoc meeting, a meeting called for a special purpose

One dictionary denes a meeting as an act or process of

coming together as an assembly for a common purpose.[1]

Board meeting, a meeting of the Board of directors

of an organization

A meeting is a gathering of two or more people that has

been convened for the purpose of achieving a common
goal through verbal interaction, such as sharing information or reaching agreement.[2] Meetings may occur face
to face or virtually, as mediated by communications technology, such as a telephone conference call, a skyped conference call or a videoconference.

Investigative Meeting, generally when conducting a

pre-interview, exit interview or a meeting among the
investigator and representative
Kicko meeting, the rst meeting with the project
team and the client of the project to discuss the role
of each team member

Thus, a meeting may be distinguished from other gatherings, such as a chance encounter (not convened), a sports
game or a concert (verbal interaction is incidental), a

Management meeting, a meeting among managers

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4 SEE ALSO

3 Meeting frequency options

Since a meeting can be held once or often, the meeting
organizer has to determine the repetition and frequency
of occurrence of the meeting. Options generally include
the following:
A one-time meeting is the most common meeting type and covers events that are self-contained.
While they may repeat often, the individual meeting
is the entirety of the event. This can include a 2006
conference. The 2007 version of the conference is a
stand-alone meeting event.
First sta meeting of a new executive

Training meeting about sustainable design. The photo shows

a training meeting with factory workers in a stainless steel
ecodesign company from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

O-site meeting, also called osite retreat and

known as an Awayday meeting in the UK
One-on-one meeting, between two individuals
Pre-Bid Meeting, a meeting of various competitors
and or contractors to visually inspect a jobsite for
a future project. The meeting is normally hosted
by the future customer or engineer who wrote the
project specication to ensure all bidders are aware
of the details and services expected of them. Attendance at the Pre-Bid Meeting may be mandatory.
Failure to attend usually results in a rejected bid

A recurring meeting is a meeting that recurs periodically, such as an every Monday sta meeting from
9:00AM to 9:30 AM. The meeting organizer wants
the participants to be at the meeting on a constant
and repetitive basis. A recurring meeting can be ongoing, such as a weekly team meeting, or have an
end date, such as a 5-week training meeting, held
every Friday afternoon.
A series meeting is like a recurring meeting, but the
details dier from meeting to meeting. One example of a series meeting is a monthly lunch and learn
event at a company, church, club or organization.
The placeholder is the same, but the agenda and topics to be covered vary. This is more of a recurring
meeting with the details to be determined.

4 See also
Action item
Agenda
Online diary planner
BarCamp
Conference room
Event Planning and Production
Facilitation (business)
International Congress Calendar

Sta meeting, typically a meeting between a manager and those that report to the manager

Meeting point

Stand-up meeting, a meeting with attendees typically standing. The discomfort of standing for long
periods helps to keep the meetings short.

Ocial trip

Team meeting, a meeting among colleagues working

on various aspects of a team project
Work Meeting, which produces a product or intangible result such as a decision

Minutes

Organizational development
Parliamentary procedure
Quaker meeting for worship
Scientic meeting

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Town meeting
Task list
Unconference

References

[1] Meeting Denition and More from the Free MerriamWebster Dictionary. (n.d.). Dictionary and Thesaurus
Merriam-Webster Online. Retrieved April 21, 2010,
from
[2] Meeting and Convention Planners. (2009, December 17).
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved April 21, 2010.

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