Meeting Etiquette

In the past week I have had the luxury of spending some time in meetings. During these I have been reminded how disrespectful people can be.....

I think my biggest pet peeve is when people don't silence or shut off their cell phones. I was sitting in a full day conference full of 125+ nonprofit leaders and within the first 20 minutes there were 4 (4!!!!!) cell phones that rang (and they didn't ring quietly). SO frustrating! How difficult is it shut your darn phone off.

Today I was on a conference call but couldn't hear the presenter for the first 5 minutes. People were chattering in the background and that was all I could hear. Finally the presenter muted us all but when he opened it up for questions, we were right back to the people chatting it up again. Can we say use the MUTE button people! So frustrating.

So my advice to you.... at your next meeting take the time to shut off your darn ringer! Because if you don't and I am there I may just say something! :)