CRED Successful and Skilful Communications 2025

Typical meetings look like this

• Short introduction of meeting participants and their roles • (Presentation of questions/discussion items + background information) • Discussion • Summary of conclusions and agreements to ensure common understanding • Exit procedure • Farewell & thanks to individual reviewers for their time • Appreciation for good and valuable discussion (and written comments, if received)

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What you do in a meeting

• Focus on questions and content in briefing materials ● present specific proposals and seek agreement ● do not present new data or topics ● all questions have been addressed before you leave • Foster expert-to-expert interaction • If not agreeing ● give examples of why you don’t agree – and do it respectfully ● keep a door open for a fallback position ● ask for or propose a path forward • Watch the time and allow ten minutes at the end to ● Restate your understanding and ask for clarification, if necessary ● Obtain agreement or establish an action plan for all agenda items • Assign one person to do nothing except take notes – RA delegation lead cannot both manage meeting and get everything written down

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