Project MMS (Meeting Management Simulation)

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Closing the meeting

Evaluating the Overall Meeting

• Leave 5-10 minutes at the end of the meeting to evaluate the meeting; don't skip this portion of the meeting.
• Have each member rank the meeting from 1-5, with 5 as the highest, and have each member explain their ranking
• Have the chief executive rank the meeting last.
  
  

Closing Meetings

• Always end meetings on time and attempt to end on a positive note.
• At the end of a meeting, review actions and assignments, and set the the date, time and place of the next meeting and ask each person if they can make it or not (to get their commitment)
• Run over which people are responsible for action points.
  Make sure the Secretary has everything noted. (This is especially important if you are using an outside Minute Secretary.) 
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• Clarify that meeting minutes and/or actions will be reported back to members in at most a week (this helps to keep momentum going).
• Thank everyone for their attendance and contributions.