Intro
A. Skit that opens with an unplanned, uncoordinated meeting
B. Meetings are vital social engagements that allow participants to provide input for any
given subject. It would be remiss to hold one without preparation, and thus it is of
paramount importance that meetings be held in an orderly fashion, such as planning
hitherto and knowing what input to provide to avoid lengthy diatribes.
C. Briefly touch on discussing the pros and cons of both meetings, planned or unplanned,
and net benefits for the former.
Body
A. Cons of Unplanned Meetings (which henceforth abbv’d UM)
1. Arguments are bound to arise, especially if the meeting lacks coherence.
(Provide example 1)
2. Dislocation due to argumentation. Sometimes people are children and storm off
when they don’t get what they want. (Elaborate 1)
3. Of course, sometimes change requires force. Arguing during a meeting has a
chance to set things in motion - productivity, by playing the devil’s advocate and
using reverse psychology. (Pro 1 / source 1)
4. Obviously that doesn’t happen often. Most people are thick and simple and let
emotions get the better of them. Argumentation is more a descending spiral that
leaves both parties dissatisfied than it is a propeller of change.
B. Skit that opens with a planned, coordinated meeting
C. Pros of Planned Meetings (abbv’d PM henceforth)
1. Because the meeting is planned, it is more coherent explained/understandable.
(Elaborate 2)
2. Healthy argumentation about the subject matter rather than arguing because
someone was slow and did not understand the subject matter. (Example 2)
3. The best pla
4. Planning a meeting takes a lot of energy and time and effort. If your life is a train
wreck, you might not have any of these. You also need to be smart. (Example 3)
5. Quote source 2
D. Skit with another PM
1. Sometimes, even if planned meetings are held, arguments are bound to arise
because there are people who are ridiculously inept. Only Jesus can save them.
(example 4)
2. This is where coordination and critical thinking comes in. People are that one
dumb ass beat the shit out of him. Then teach him in the most simplest of terms
and explain the subject matter. It’s a group effort. (elaborate 3)
3. Reach a compromise if the dumb ass still doesn’t get it. Everyone’s half- happy
but at least no one is unhappy. (example 4)
4. Find a source about compromise in meetings (source 3)
E. Conclusion
1. Recap pros and cons for um, pm
2. Give tips on how to beat people efficiently
3. Give tips on how avoid um
Source 1 - https://lifehacker.com/5480724/make-meetings-more-productive-by-arguing
Source 2 - http://smallbusiness.chron.com/benefits-planning-scheduling-1084.html
Source 3 - Working in Groups book
Damani
THESIS.
Meetings are important in everyday life, and because they happen in every stage of our lives,
it’s good to know how to prepare for one so you’re not confused when you have to conduct a
meeting in your future job. It’s important to know how to conduct one as well, so that meeting is
actually productive and efficient and helpful to your workplace.
PRO #2.
Another pro of a planned meeting is that you avoid frustration by addressing your member’s
problems beforehand. You saw in their first meeting, Ananda was whispering and didn’t know
what to do and kept asking Daniel, who was clueless too because he was on his phone, and
Xavier just left early because he got frustrated. When you plan a meeting, you can talk to
members like them and address their issue so when the day comes, they’re ready and
prepped.
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SUMMARY.
So today we’re going to talk about the pros and cons of planned and unplanned meetings, and
how planned meetings are beneficial to the workplace. We’ll show and give you examples of
each and talk about why they’re good and bad. We’ll also talk about why planning meetings are
important.
PRO #3.
One pro for planned meetings is that you can actually set the time, date and setting. According
to our book on page [ ], the best time to set a meeting is around this hour, or from 9 - 11 am
because everyone’s energetic. The worst time would be Friday afternoons, where people might
not have any enthusiasm and just wanna go home and drink wine.
END SUMMARY.
There you have it folks. We talked about pros and cons, about planned meetings and their
importance and we shared some of our own experiences.