Building Networks

Meeting Checklist

• Prepare and get focussed on what you really want to say
• Use your time slot to show / talk about your work / ideas that are important to you
• Raise issues/ideas that concern you to elicit helpful feedback and
• questions.
• Observe the time limits

• Your role is to listen and ask useful questions that will help the presenter
• Listen attentively and really focus on each person in turn
• Respect the presenter’s time-slot - don’t interrupt or steal the time for
• yourself
• Don’t be tempted to give advice
• Think about what to ask that will be helpful to the presenter about the
• work/ideas being presented – to help them to clarify their ideas simplify,
• talk more clearly, be challenged, help them to reflect
• Ask open questions: ‘What?’, ‘How?’
• Avoid: ‘Why?’
• What to ask about: the work/ideas/service?, the audience, marketing, or promotion, their approach or plans (click here to get more ideas on questions that can be useful)