All of us have, at one time of the other, been unfairly tortured and tormented by our employers via... The Safety Meeting. You can probably remember with excruciating pain sitting in a room with others, being forced to listen to someone from the safety committee read, word for word, every one of those 97 slides. Well, this is our contribution to those poor souls who have been put in the position of having to lead those state required safety meetings. These 10 easy-to-follow meeting tips will help you understand how you can spice up the meeting while still being able to relay, with full potency, the important safety tips and info that can save lives. Learn more about safety meetings here: https://blog.creativesafetysupply.com/make-an-impact-safety-meetings-that-stick/ Enjoy - and if you need any visual safety items to help support your efforts, whether safety posters, safety banners or training DVDs, we have you covered - just call us at 86-777-1360. We are Creative Safety Supply. We are the Leaders in Visual Safety!

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10MPLESTEPS
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For Successful
Safety Meetings
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2. STEP 1 Keep it Short and Snappy
The average adult has an attention
span of 20 minutes.
Try to keep meetings to 20 mins or
less when able and appropriate, so
you can keep employees fully alert
and engaged when important
material is presented.
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20
Minute
Meetings

3. STEP 2 Get to the Point
Don’t try to fit five different safety
topics into one safety meeting just
because everyone is in one room.
It is best to keep employees focused
on one important pertinent topic and
to stay on that topic.
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Focus on ONE Topic

4. STEP 3 Engage People
Presenters or speakers should never just 'read' a
presentation to people.
Instead, presentations should be engaging and feature
real life photos and/or videos along with other interactive
forms of technology.
The presenter should utilize unique and interesting
methods and tools to keep the momentum of the
meeting flowing.
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5. STEP 4 Socialize
By human nature people like to socialize with one another.
Even if a meeting is short, build
an opportunity into the meeting for
people to share stories or experiences
pertaining to the safety topic.
Story sharing and socializing
about the topic humanizes it.
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6. STEP 5 Make it Pertinent
Don't waste time holding
meetings about unimportant
and insignificant things.
Choose safety topics that affect
employees on a regular basis or
that are the most helpful based
upon their job positions.
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7. STEP 6 Don’t Invite Everyone
Safety meetings are often best
and make the most impact
when attendance is limited.
When too many people
are present, people
tend to shy away
from asking questions
or being truly engaged.
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8. STEP 7 Make it Educational
Gathering everyone together just to review
something that everyone already knows
doesn't really make much sense.
It is important to present valuable information
that is of some educational value. The goal is
to educate the employees on safety not
remind they about something they already
know and do.
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9. STEP 8 Change the Name
Just the name "safety meeting" sounds
somewhat drab.
Instead, call them something like "safety
conversations" or "health hints."
Just a little bit of name variety goes a long
way and people will lose some of the
negative stigma associated with same old
boring term "safety meeting."
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SAFETY
MEETING
HEALTH
HINTS

10. STEP 9 Entertain to Engage
The speaker should use a variety of different
vocal tones to present material and also move
about the room.
Speak with energy
A speaker who simply stands
in one spot with a monotone
voice will just put employees
to sleep.
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11. STEP 10 Feedback is Critical
Whether you like it or not, opinions do
matter and when employees feel that
their time is being wasted often on
unnecessary meetings they will begin
to dread such gatherings.
Ask for feedback at the end of each
meeting and be open to suggestions
for improvement.
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Allow suggestions

12. Safety Meeting Resources
Posters
DVDs
Use visual supports
for your meetings
Banners
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13. The leaders in visual safety
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