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MeetingKitI'm going to a lot of meetings these days. Often, I found myself wishing I had taken an extra pad of paper, or my colored pens, or some sticky notes. So I put together a MeetingKit - a case with all the stuff I think I might need for a generic meeting. My MeetingKit contains:
I'm thinking of adding a stopwatch :-) Do you have such a kit, and if so, what's in it? --DaveLiebreich 2004.08.21 Hi Dave, I've an observation. The kit contents appear, to me, to be all visual props. A stop watch _sounds_ like a good idea. - HuwLloyd 2004.08.21 I carry white 3x5 cards and a pen (Zebra Sarasa, 0.4mm) in my shirt pocket, and a Palm Pilot in my pants pocket. If I've planned ahead, I'll bring in a quadrille ruled pad. Fortunately, the folks I work with no favor a few long focused meetings over weekly time wasters. Not in my meeting kit per se, but I try to make sure the meeting room has working whiteboard markers before the meeting starts. However, in my laptop backpack, aside from a laptop and power brick, I have a quadrille ruled pad, envelopes and stamps, more 3x5 cards, business cards, a few pens and markers, emergency protein bars, a small flashlight, bandaides, ear plugs, Sony ear-bud headphones, a USB cable, a 6' CAT5 cable, some tie-down straps, a few Post-It pads, a (charged) pair of AA NIMH batteries, and a selection from the reading queue du jour. --DaveSmith 2004.08.21 In each meeting room, we have a kit also. It overlaps Dave's quite a bit:
And I always carry my personal kit, which includes a stopwatch :-) It also included 6 dice and a two-headed and two-tailed quarter. And a whistle, to keep order. - JerryWeinberg 2004.08.21 My kit overlaps Jerry's and both Dave's quite a bit. I like to post the stickies, which I use more often than index cards. Although I use different sizes, my favorite size is 3x5 or 4x4.25. I carry black Sharpie pens because a sticky made from a regular pen or pencil can't be seen at all from a distance. I give each participant a Sharpie and ask them to print big. I also carry a digital camera. It's an essential tool in my kit. Makes sharing things with everyone a whole lot easier after the meetings. Particpants get to see exactly what they wrote rather than a trascription. I think there may be something about the way things are written on a sticky that is as important or more important than just the words. I often ask people to draw pictures on flipchart sheets so without a camera that can't be shared. And I have my laptop so that I can process the images and send them out with the meetings minutes as soon as possible after the meeting. SteveSmith 2004.08.22 Dave, Why do you need a flashlight bandaids and ear plugs at a typical meeting? Is this a "just incase" part of the kit, or do you hold unusual meetings? After my first AYE, I stuck around and helped pack up the conference. I wanted to see what was in the meeting kits at AYE and perhaps learn a bit more about how AYE worked (in a physical sense). I have noticed that no AYE room gets a Magic Wand and I wonder if this is an oversight. KenEstes 2004.08.22 Ken -- The flashlight, earplugs, and bandaids are mostly for possible use en route, though a coworker once gave himself a bad paper cut during a meeting, and was grateful that a bandaid was at hand. Steve -- Thanks for the reminder on having a digital camera at hand. Mine died, and I've been dragging my feet on replacing it. Dave Ken, I always bring a couple of self-esteem tool kits to AYE, but not one for every room. There is, of course, a wishing wand in each. I invite others to bring their own SE kits, too. - JerryWeinberg 2004.08.22
Updated: Monday, August 23, 2004 |
