All in favor of improving meeting procedures, say Aye!
Trying to keep your in-person and virtual meetings on track and running smoothly? You need Robert's Rules of Order! These rules for conducting meetings have stood the test of time as the gold standard for practical and effective procedure in group settings like corporate and nonprofit boards, councils, and more. And there's no better way to learn the latest version of the rules than with Robert's Rules For Dummies.
This handy guide demystifies the Rules and offers readers a practical roadmap to applying efficient procedures to everything from conducting online and in-person meetings to voting by email. It also:
Contains brand-new, updated content on the latest 12th Edition of Robert’s Rules Offers sample meeting agendas, minutes, scripts, and other material to show you how the pros keep meeting records Walks you through the basic—and not so basic—ways to nominate and elect officers and directors in organizations
Ideal for board members, convention delegates, business owners, nonprofit executives, and anyone else trying to maintain an orderly flow of business—online or in person—Robert’s Rules For Dummies is a need-to-read resource that will make you wonder how you ever survived without it.
By:
C. Alan Jennings (National Association of Parliamentarians)
Imprint: For Dummies
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 4th edition
Dimensions:
Height: 226mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9781119824589
ISBN 10: 1119824583
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 31 March 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1 Part 1: It’s Parliamentary, My Dear: Participating Effectively in Meetings 9 Chapter 1: Following the Rules (Robert’s, That Is) 11 Chapter 2: Defining the Organization: Bylaws and Other Rules 23 Chapter 3: Meetings: Making Group Decisions 47 Chapter 4: Notice and a Quorum 69 Chapter 5: Ordering Business: The Agenda 83 Part 2: Motions: Putting Ideas into Action 97 Chapter 6: Main Motions: Proposing Ideas for Group Action 99 Chapter 7: Debate: Discussing the Pros and Cons of Ideas 125 Chapter 8: Making Group Decisions: Voting on the Motion 147 Chapter 9: Subsidiary Motions: Helping to Process the Main Motion 175 Chapter 10: Privileged Motions: Getting through the Meeting 211 Chapter 11: Incidental Motions: Dealing with Questions of Procedure 229 Chapter 12: Looking At Motions That Bring a Question Again Before the Assembly 269 Part 3: Getting Involved in Leadership 293 Chapter 13: Who’s Going to Do the Work? Following Nomination Procedures 295 Chapter 14: Holding Elections and Making Appointments 311 Chapter 15: Running the Show: Officers and Directors 329 Chapter 16: Gearing Up for the Real Action: Committees 351 Chapter 17: Reporting to Your Organization 367 Chapter 18: Disciplining and Removing Officers or Members 385 Chapter 19: Starting a New Association 401 Chapter 20: The Convention of Delegates: A Special Kind of Assembly 415 Part 4: The Part of Tens 429 Chapter 21: Ten (Plus Two) Meeting Procedure Myths 431 Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Presiding Officers 441 Chapter 23: Ten Motion Mistakes to Avoid 449 Chapter 24: Ten Custom Rules to Consider 457 Chapter 25: Ten Considerations for Electronic Meetings 467 Appendix: Glossary of Parliamentary Terms 475 Index 491
C. Alan Jennings, PRP, is a Professional Registered Parliamentarian credentialed by the National Association of Parliamentarians. He is a past President of the Louisiana Association of Parliamentarians and a member of the American Institute of Parliamentarians.
