How to Conduct Productive Meetings

Appendix E

Murphy's Law at Meetings

 

Murphy's Law states simply that if anything can go wrong, it will. From experience, many would add, of those things that can't possibly go wrong, most will.

Some conference planners go through a “What if…” exercise, imagining all of the dire possibilities. Many expect that Murphy's Law would operate in this effort also: The most potentially devastating occurrence will not be foreseen.

Nevertheless, there really should be a way to help meeting planners and facility staffs more systematically examine the potentials for failure if only to narrow down the event that will remain unforeseen. Following is an aid ...