Meetings & Coffee Breaks: Protocol - Step 4: The Inevitable PowerPoint

Step 4: The Inevitable PowerPoint

By this stage, the meeting has devolved into an exercise in futility, with each participant more invested in their own slide deck than any semblance of productivity.

• Someone, usually Bob from Accounting, has declared "I've got a great idea for a new initiative!"
• Everyone else is secretly wondering how they can shoehorn their own pet project onto the agenda.
• Powerpoint has become a verb.

Hyperlinks:

• Step 5: The Inevitable Breakout
• Back to Step 3: The Inevitable Icebreaker