Abstract Everyone has a story about a never-ending meeting, death by PowerPoint, or disengaged attendees reading their devices. The changing face of effective meetings and meeting engagement is a case study in worst, or best, practices. Let’s reclaim space on your calendar, increase efficiency, and put some energy back into your time together. Bad Habits and the Awesome Replacement Common mistakes with meetings that interfere with the objective, distract attendees, and give meetings their worst reputation. Structure | Agendas | Engagement | Meeting Culture | Taking Action Your Attendees: The Late, the Loud, the Silent Replacement Best Practices that get your meeting going on time, deliverables complete, and everyone out of there (Be a Hero, Aim for Early!) The Meeting as Arena Meeting behaviors for organizers and attendees to increase the effectiveness of your current meeting AND increase your professional reputation for future meetings, projects and leadership. Biography Linda Clark is an experienced HR Consultant, Strategist and Coach raised in the wilds of oilfield services and automotive retail. With an operational mindset, she’s focused on results in a timely manner with best use of resources, and having some fun along the way. In addition to individual leadership coaching and career support, she provides group and organizational services focused around change management (chaos theory!), and engagement for organizations that want to unlock their talent at every level. More information at Writes On Walls, LLC