Meeting

A Meeting is an event where two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal setting.

• Context:
  • It can range from being a Scheduled Meeting (with a meeting appointment) to being an Impromptu Meeting.
  • It can range from being a Physical Meeting to being a Online Meeting.
  • It can range from being an Effective Meeting to being an Ineffective Meeting.
  • It can range from being a One-on-One Meeting to being a Team Meeting.
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• Example(s):
  • Organizational Meeting, such as an All-Hands Meeting.
  • Business Meeting.
  • Healthcare Meeting.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Social Party.
  • Happy-Hour Outing.
• See: Conference, Webinar, Competition Event.

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References

2020a

• (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meeting Retrieved:2020-9-14.
  • A meeting is when two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal or business setting, but meetings also occur in a variety of other environments. Many various types of meetings exist.

2020b

• (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meeting#Definition Retrieved:2020-9-14.
  • A meeting is a gathering of two or more people that has been convened for the purpose of achieving a common goal through verbal interaction, such as sharing information or reaching agreement. Meetings may occur face-to-face or virtually, as mediated by communications technology, such as a telephone conference call, a skyped conference call or a videoconference. One Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a meeting as "an act or process of coming together" - for example "as [...] an assembly for a common purpose [...]".

     Meeting planners and other meeting professionals may use the term "meeting" to denote an event booked at a hotel, convention center or any other venue dedicated to such gatherings. Anthropologist Helen B. Schwartzman defines a meeting as "a communicative event involving three or more people who agree to assemble for a purpose ostensibly related to the functioning of an organization or group." For her, meetings are characterized by "multiparty talk that is episodic in nature, and participants either develop or use specific conventions for regulating this talk."

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