Make Virtual Meetings Matter: How to Turn Virtual Meetings from Status Updates to Remarkable Conversations
Paul Axtell
Aug 2025 · Gildan Media · Narrated by Dean Gallagher
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Meetings should matter. Even and especially when those meetings are taking place online.
No one wants to be called in for a meeting that could've been an email. No one wants to sit in a meeting where everyone's distracted by whatever else is happening on their screen, everyone is lost in the weeds, or people continue talking over each other. If you're going to attend or lead a meeting, don't you want it to . . . well, matter?
Change the way people think about meetings. Transform their opinions by holding a meeting that is efficient and productive, that is open and communicative, that is useful and important.
With real-life examples and actionable advice, Paul Axtell shows you how to design meetings for results, lead them to achieve agendas that move projects forward, and even allow time for building the relationships that make working together in a remarkable way possible. Based on his award-winning efficiency training title Make Meetings Matter and updated for the virtual meeting experience, this book will revolutionize the meeting—moving it from that dreaded obligation to a powerful way to get things done in business and in life.
No one wants to be called in for a meeting that could've been an email. No one wants to sit in a meeting where everyone's distracted by whatever else is happening on their screen, everyone is lost in the weeds, or people continue talking over each other. If you're going to attend or lead a meeting, don't you want it to . . . well, matter?
Change the way people think about meetings. Transform their opinions by holding a meeting that is efficient and productive, that is open and communicative, that is useful and important.
With real-life examples and actionable advice, Paul Axtell shows you how to design meetings for results, lead them to achieve agendas that move projects forward, and even allow time for building the relationships that make working together in a remarkable way possible. Based on his award-winning efficiency training title Make Meetings Matter and updated for the virtual meeting experience, this book will revolutionize the meeting—moving it from that dreaded obligation to a powerful way to get things done in business and in life.
Meetings should matter. Even and especially when those meetings are taking place online.
No one wants to be called in for a meeting that could've been an email. No one wants to sit in a meeting where everyone's distracted by whatever else is happening on their screen, everyone is lost in the w...
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Paul Axtell provides consulting and personal effectiveness training to a wide variety of clients, from Fortune 500 companies and universities to nonprofit organizations and government agencies. A large focus of his work is how to run effective and productive meetings-to turn them from the calendar items people dread into useful, productive sessions with measurable results. Paul is the author of 10 Powerful Things to Say to Your Kids, Meetings Matter: 8 Powerful Strategies for Remarkable Conversations, Make Meetings Matter, and Compassionate Leadership.
Dean Gallagher has been narrating audiobooks for over a decade, with over fifty books spanning multiple genres. He has bachelor's degrees in both theater and communications, as well as over thirty years of stage experience in a wide array of roles. His lifelong love of reading and performing, combined with a boundless curiosity, resulted in an active career as a narrator and actor. Dean and his wife, Rebecca, both work as narrators in Chicagoland.
Paul Axtell provides consulting and personal effectiveness training to a wide variety of clients, from Fortune 500 companies and universities to nonprofit organizations and government agencies. A large focus of his work is how to run effective and productive meetings-to turn them from the calenda...
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