MatchWare News (2013)

  Shoji S. Ketchem MPM, MBA Getting Back to Basics Like many companies, we are often bombarded with emails, meeting invitations and electronic solicitations that clog our “inbox” and make it more difficult to manage our daily schedules. One frustrating aspect of this is the subtle feeling that our time is not being well spent. […]

If you are one of those managers that has someone type up meeting minutes, you sign off on them, and then send out paper copies to each participant, it is likely your staff is not as productive as they could be. Meeting minutes are a tool to gauge the effectiveness of the meeting and the […]

Local governments such as city, town, or county boards and commissions have a responsibility to provide their constituents with access to information that is pertinent to the community. This information includes the activities of public meetings held to consider the business of the district over which the government entity presides. Anyone who has attended local […]

Because of the nature of online meetings it can be very easy for the meeting to loose focus and turn into a waste of time. Online meetings save time and expense; however there is some skill to holding an effective online meeting. The following tips can help you to make sure your next online meeting […]