10.4 Develop and use strategies to structure meetings appropriately, keep meetings on track, and promote appropriate dialogue and interaction.

An effective meeting needs a balance of structure and interaction. Groups maintain appropriate structure if meeting planners develop and use an agenda to keep the discussion focused and on track. Meetings also need appropriate amounts of dialogue and discussion.

Effective meeting participants monitor the amount of participation from other group or team members and serve as gatekeepers to ensure that oververbalizers don’t monopolize the discussion and quiet members don’t feel intimidated.