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345: How to Make Meetings Shorter and More Effective with Sarah Olivieri
Description
Join host Sarah Olivieri as she explores tips to make nonprofit meetings more effective and efficient. Learn the importance of structured agendas, why meetings should focus on discussions rather than announcements, and how to address issues in priority order. Discover practical tips for respecting time limits and creating a collaborative culture that drives your mission forward.
Episode Highlights
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00:00 Frustration with Meetings
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00:42 Setting Up Effective Meetings
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01:49 The Importance of Meetings
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02:49 Creating a Standing Meeting Agenda
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05:39 Managing Issues During Meetings
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08:30 Wrapping Up and Evaluating Meetings
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11:50 Additional Resources
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About Your Host
Have you seen Casino Royale? That moment when Vespa slides in elegantly, opposite James, all charming smile, razor-sharp wit and mighty brainpower, and says, "I'm the money"?
Well, your host, Sarah Olivieri has been likened to Vespa by one of her clients – not just because she's charming, beautiful and brainy– but because that bold statement "I'm the money" was, as it turned out, right ON the money.
Sarah helps nonprofits transform their organizations from failing to thriving. And she's very, very good at it.
She's brought nonprofits back from the brink of insolvency. She's averted major cash-flow crises, solved funding droughts, board conflicts and everything in between… and so she has literally become "the money" for many of the organizations she works with.
As the former director of 3 nonprofits and founder of 5 for-profit businesses, she underst
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