What Not To Do In Meetings

Meeting Faux Pas #45

2008-09-17T22:37:00.000-07:00

1. Bring a video recorder to the meeting
2. Accuse everyone of "cooking the books"
3. Accuse people of trying to assault you

* I forgot to mention rule 1A, "Never attend a home owners association meeting."

Meeting Faux Pas #146

2008-09-17T22:27:00.000-07:00

Do not schedule a meeting to schedule a series of further meetings.
Nor should you create plans to create later, larger plans.

Meeting Faux Pas #91

2008-09-17T20:08:00.000-07:00

If a meeting faux pas is to conduct obscenely boring meetings, it is a worse faux pas to record them with your camera phone and the post them to YouTube.

Just as the former can get you fired.... so can the latter.

And neither is flattering.

Besides, if you found it boring, won't we the viewers find it doubly boring?

Meeting Faux Pas #65

2008-09-17T19:58:00.000-07:00

If you schedule a noon meeting larger than a one-on-one, be sure to include lunch for the group.

That lunch should be presented in an easy to serve and assemble manner, enabling the meeting to start in a timely manner and the audience to collect their food simply. Good examples of reasonable foods are sandwiches, pizza, and other individualized items.

Faux Pas #65 is making having cuisines like Indian Food for lunch. It is neither easy to assemble or eat; most importantly, it is highly pungent; and that is Faux Pas for everyone.

A Faux Pas - Defined

2008-09-17T19:57:00.000-07:00

A faux pas (pronounced /ˌfoʊˈpɑː/, plural: faux pas /ˌfoʊˈpɑː(z)/) is a violation of accepted social rules, be they standard customs or etiquette rules. Faux pas vary widely from culture to culture and what is considered good manners in one culture can be considered a faux pas in another. For example, in English-speaking Western countries, it is sometimes considered a thoughtful gesture to bring a bottle of wine when going to someone's house for dinner. In France, however, if the dinner is a bit formal, this is considered insulting as it suggests the hosts are unable to provide their own good wine. To bring wine to the home of known teetotalers might suggest ignorance, obstinacy, or ill intent.