Things to ask yourself about all meetings, workshops, and open houses What is the objective of the meeting? > What does your client need out of it? What do the other participants need out of it? What do you need out of it? What is the best medium(s) (aerials, handouts, PowerPoint, animation, etc.) to use to describe the issue, solution, etc. How many people will there be? How many handouts do I need? What are the likely questions that will come from each individual? Is there additional materials that could be used to address these issues? What are the likely action items and schedule to achieving those items? Where do you want the process to go from that meeting? Have you set up the agenda and provided the right information prior to or during the meeting to achieve that direction?