How to Pass the Time in Boring Meetings without Being Obvious

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Tip 1 - How to Pass the Time in Boring Meetings without Being Obvious | eHow

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Priscila Bessa | permalink

If you're like me and have a lot of difficulty paying attention in business or staff meetings, try a few of my "secret" activities to help you discreetly pass the time away. Never fall asleep in a meeting again!

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_5281624_pass-boring-meetings-being-obvious.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - How to Run a Staff Meeting | eHow

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Huma Butt | permalink

Running staff meetings is a routine business activity. This is a time to fully engage your staff in order to increase productivity. Use this also as a means to increase effective communication in the office. Staying on top of things helps to stave off emergencies and reduce the number of problems. Holding regular staff meetings should lead to...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_8525045_run-staff-meeting.html ^[2]

Tip 3 - How Can I Make Sitting Through a Meeting Less Boring?

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Eng Loureiro | permalink

Dear Lifehacker, I have to sit through meetings every day. Some of them last for hours. They are boring. They are unnecessary. They are mandatory. By the time I'm done I've lost my will to work. What can I do to keep myself from dying a slow death at a conference table?
Tags: Ask Lifehacker, Meetings, Work, Job, Office, Boredom, Boring, Top, Lifehacker

For further reading: http://lifehacker.com/5874630/how-can-i-make-sitting-through-a-meeting-less-boring ^[3]

Tip 4 - How to Avoid Awkward Conversations when Meeting Someone New

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Ivan Lancaric | permalink

Meeting people for the first time can be uncomfortable, especially when the conversation isn't flowing. Making small talk can work temporarily, but you'll probably end up in awkward silence. The Happiness Project's Gretchen Rubin offers strategies to try next time you're meeting someone new and your mind goes blank.
Tags: Communication, Conversation, Social, social skills, Awkward, meeting, Top, Repub, Republished, Lifehacker

For further reading: http://lifehacker.com/5948534/how-to-avoid-awkward-conversations-when-meeting-someone-new ^[4]

Tip 5 - 10 ways to make your next meeting more productive - The Business Journals

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by larsss | permalink

With the majority of your work time spent in business meetings, how can you make them more productive? Here are 10 ideas.

For further reading: http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/how-to/growth-strategies/2015/03/10-ways-to-make-your-next-meeting-more-productive.html%3Fpage%3Dall ^[5]

Tip 6 - Mormonism and the Boring Sacrament Meeting, Revisited - Flunking Sainthood

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Katrijn Knaapen | permalink

A couple of weeks ago I attended one of the most memorable and spiritual sacrament meetings I’ve experienced in my twenty years as a Mormon. Why don’t we do this kind of thing more often?

For further reading: http://janariess.religionnews.com/2013/03/08/mormonism-and-the-boring-sacrament-meeting-revisited/ ^[6]

Tip 7 - 14 Things To Do On A Slow Day At Work

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Deborah Milo | permalink

Bored at work? You probably don't experience slow days too often, but when you do, you'll want to make the most of that time.
Tags: Careers,Leadership,bored,boring,Boss,career,colleague,coworker,day,downtime,evaluate,free time,Mark Strong,New Year,office,routine,schedule,slow,stress,successful,to-do,Work,Workplace

For further reading: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2014/01/09/14-things-to-do-on-a-slow-day-at-work/ ^[7]