This is my real first time of being recorded while having a meeting. The first feeling of mine, of course, has to be nervous again! Hahaha. To see yourself on the video is such a strangle thing especially for people who are not actors or journalists, isn’t it?
I have to say, we had a wonderful and skillful meeting (I would rather say ‘discussion session’) on 12th Feb 2010 at Prince George’s Park Residence at 7:30pm. To start with, Sasha, our very experienced Chief Executive Officer of the group, introduced the project outline to us clearly. Phong, our Chief Software Engineer, took the responsibility of analyzing the project and distributing the tasks individually. Finally, as the Chief Risk Manager, I checked the correctness of the assumption as well as the possibility and feasibility of the solution.
Nothing is perfect, so is our wonderful meeting. During the discussion, we had to pause the recording for a moment several times when we reached a point that all of us had nothing to say. This is quite embarrassing, especially we had written meeting agenda at first place. I think this is because we discussed the project too fast; another reason might be we were all too shy to voice any doubts or opinions. From my point of view, I think I was not prepared well enough comparing to Sasha and Phong. For future improvement, I need to do more in preparing as well as brainstorming before the discussion.
One good thing about our group I want to mention is the behavior of others while one is expressing his ideas. All of us were able to listen to others effectively as in nodding head or watching the speaker in the eyes. :p
Hey Jackie,
ReplyDeleteIndeed now that I look back, our first meeting was quite formal. Mainly because we barely knew each other back then, and were just getting acquainted with each other. But even then we had ensured that all of us had our say, and had contributed our ideas towards the group project that made it a success.
Talking about the meetings, yes indeed having a clear idea about what is going to be touched upon is essential, because only then would the meeting have served its purpose. After all, a group meeting is basically organized so that in groups we can come out with a better solution to the problem at hand, than would have been formed individually. And I'd say, all our meetings have turned out to be quite successful, to that extent.
All the best for your exams.
Cheers,
Sasha