In any industry, in any business and in any country there is an ever-present commonality that functions as an integral part of operations: Member Meetings. Whether town hall meetings, board meetings or shareholder meetings, some member meetings can appear to not be worth the time and effort it takes to organize and hold them. Often times, meetings seem to actually slow things down rather than push them forward.
So how do you know whether or not your proposed meetings have strategic value, and after you know, how do you increase value it if it falls a bit short? There are 4 key areas of measurement to help determine the meeting’s strategic value:
Any school board knows that when the decision is made to close a school, it often involves a heated debate and a potentially explosive board meeting. That’s exactly what happened in early August at an East Aurora School Board meeting in suburban Chicago. The emotion-filled meeting demonstrated the need for an accurate 
