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Nine Ways Johnny Carson Can Help You Run Outstanding Meetings
Recently, America lost one of the giants of late nighttelevision, Johnny Carson. He was a master at his craft,because he would conduct his show, essentially like a ninetyminute meeting. The program would be entertaining,insightful, informative, and leave you wanting more.

Many times we fear going to meetings because we feel,based on past experiences, that they are going to be boring,lunette ray ban,not relevant, lack information, and we can wait until themeeting ends.

Here are my eight techniques used by Johnny Carson tomake your meetings outstanding for all involved:

1. Do Your Research

Johnny Carson would invest time before each show to findout information on what was important to his guests andaudience members. He would find out about his guests?personalities, their interests, and concerns.

Why not do the same? E-mail the participants with youragenda before the meeting. Ask them for feedback or anyconcerns they may have concerning the meeting. Thisallows you address any concerns before the meeting and tothink through any potential problems and come up withbetter answers for solutions during the meeting.

2. Plan the Meeting

Master the details for your meeting. Set an agenda withpoints to be covered and the time period for which they willbe covered.

3. Invite Only the uests?That Can Contribute

When Johnny was finished speaking with one guest, then itwas time to bring out his next guest and engage inconversation with that guest. When he finished speakingwith his guests he would excuse them so they could leave.

Invite only the uests?that are relevant to subject matter athand. How many times have you wondered, hy am Ihere, this meeting doesn pertain to me?? Also once youruest?has contributed to the meeting and there is nothingelse in the meeting that pertains to them, excuse them sothey can leave.

4. Keep on Time

You knew every night the Tonight Show with JohnnyCarson would start at its assigned time (unless there was aspecial event).

Starting you meeting on time shows respect for theparticipants who made the effort to show up on time, andlet the late comers know that this behavior is unacceptable.

Also designate one person to be the time keeper. They areresponsible for keeping you on track to stay within the timelimits for each subject covered in the meeting. The resultsare that you start on time and end on time whileaccomplishing your meeting agenda.

5. Set the Tone

Johnny would stand up and greet each guest with anengaging smile and welcome. Do the same with yourmeeting participants. Put them at ease for more informationalmeetings. Let them know that you really appreciate theirfeedback and participation.

6. Engage the Participants

Johnny would continue the flow of the conversation with hisguests by asking follow-up questions or summarize whatthey said.

Ask additional questions to draw out important informationwith your meeting participants. Say the following:

Tell me more about?That an interesting viewpoint, please explain further?If I understand what you are saying?br />
If there are participants that are quiet, make it safe for them togive feedback or suggestions. Say the following:

ike, we would really like to hear your ideas on?ane, you look like you really want to add somethingimportant to the discussion, please tell us.?br />
Once they make their comments say, hanks for yourvaluable comments. I look forward to you contributing moreinsights in the future.?br />
7. Make the Meeting Participants the Stars

Johnny Carson had a way of letting his guests, whether theywere infamous or famous, be celebrities on the TonightShow. He allowed them to tell their jokes and witty stories,as well as complimented them,http://cyworld.ifensi.com/ps2/diary/diary_view.php?mh_id=2009568376&diary_date=2011073 1&postid=149831, so that the stars were andultimately the show was successful.

You can do the same for your staff in meetings. You coulddominate the meeting and develop all the ideas yourself.You wouldn accomplish much because the meetingparticipants would have no sense of ownership and wouldbe slow to initiate your ideas. Or you can encourage theparticipants to contribute ideas so that they take ownershipof the ideas and take responsibility for implementing theirideas. Also, acknowledge and reward these olutioncreators?in front of the group.

Let them shine!

8. End the Meeting the Right Way

While excusing his guests, Johnny would sincerely thankthem for coming on the show and compliment them on theircontributions. The guests left with a good feeling andalways wanted to come back again and again.

Make sure you thank the meeting participants for their timeand contributions. Let them know how they made adifference in the meeting. If there were solutions created inthe meeting, communicate what is the clear course of actionto accomplishing those solutions. Express your confidencethat you know that these solutions will be achieved.

9. Follow-up,http://www.chwl.org/Ucenter_Home/spa...blog&id=337668, Follow-up, Follow-up

Johnny Carson would talk about how great a show wasbecause of a guest. This was another way to make theguests on his show feel special.

Send an e-mail to all relevant employees, whether they werein the meeting or not, explaining what was covered in themeeting, what was decided on in the meeting,http://www.hc173.net/read.php?tid=10708, and whatcourse of action we are taking.

Also again, acknowledge key people in the meeting for theircontributions.

Follow these nine techniques used by the master of latenight and your meetings will be outstanding.

Ed Sykes is a professional speaker, author, and a leadingexpert in the areas of leadership, motivation, stressmanagement, customer service, and team building. You cane-mail him at mailto:esykes:yyzzw.net/thesykesgrp.com, or call him at(757) 427-7032. Go to his web site,http://www.yyzww.net/yyzww.net/thesykesgrp.com, and signup for the newsletter,OnPoint, and receive the free ebook, "Empowerment andStress Secrets for the Busy Professional."