Meeting etiquette

Have you seen this video about conference call meetings?

http://twentytwowords.com/2014/01/23/what-if-the-annoyances-of-conference-calls-happened-in-real-life-meetings-painfully-accurateand-hilarious/

It's missing the person who puts the call on hold so all you hear is music and everyone emailing to get them to take it off hold.

It's why face to face is still the best way to hold meetings, even if people come late and you need to get chairs, and water, and two people have sidebar conversations  and someone is answering their email, and someone's phone goes off...

Try to be the person who is polite, joins on time, participates but let's others talk.

Every meeting should have a purpose with clear objectives, written notes and any action items - otherwise you're just wasting everyone's time...