1. 22 minutes is the longest time that one could keep focus. So remember to control the conference to finish within this time span, or the ones attending the meeting will gradually fail to follow your speech and you will be wasting your time and energy talking to them.

2. Setting clear objectives for the agenda of your meetings are quite important. It helps you focus on talking about specific topics and makes it easier for the others involved in the meeting know what goal the discussion in the meeting is looking to achieve.

3. Send the invitation to the meeting in advance is necessary. It is polite. And much importantly, if you are only sending notice about the meeting to people, it will be highly likely that the others will not able to get out of the issues they are working on immediately and make to your meeting.

4. Start your meeting on time shows your punctuality. Don’t make your audience in the meeting wait for a late opening is a gesture of being polite and professional.

5. Stand during your speech in the meetings helps you to quit beating around the bushes. Generally speaking, if you are standing when giving a speech, you might get tired quicker than sitting when talking. So, you will try to get directly to your point to avoid standing too long.

6. Having a host for your meeting is beneficial. The host could terminate discussions off the key topic at any time. It helps every avoid wasting too much time focusing on meaningless things.

7. Don’t bring your laptop and mobile phones to the meeting. It will appear to be quite impolite to keep checking your mobile devices during a meeting. So, leave the gadgets at the desk in your office. But you could take a pen and notebook with you.

8. Remember to record all feedbacks related to the key issues discussed, and do send the record of the meeting to everyone involved.

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Robert Allison, managing director of Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA), recommends “challenging costs on business during the process. “Based on a typical 8 percent profit margin for £ 50,000 of savings a company could increase sales by £ 625,000 to have the same positive effect on the bottom line.