Orange County Branch Newsletter
September 2013
Younger Memeber Forum
YMF - Holding Productive Meetings Webinar - Aug 2013
By: Remi Candaele
OC YMF took advantage of the resourceful ASCE Continuing Education online database to host a 1-hour technical webinar entitled “Holding Productive Meetings to Increase the Bottom Line” on August 21, 2013. 20 individuals attended the webinar, including students, junior engineers, and senior engineers. Each individual benefited from the webinar and learned many aspects to hold effective meetings. Amongst many lessons learned, attendees praised the concept of parking lot for meetings: having an agenda and respecting it by notifying attendees of your intent, as the meeting leader, to follow it. Another important aspect to the attendees are the meeting minutes, which should be finalized within days after the meeting for the attendees to reach a consensus on the key interpretations of the discussions, as well as to keep a record of these same discussions. Because of the successful experience, OC YMF looks forward to hosting additional webinars in the future.