**Meeting Effectiveness Inventory**

Name of Group
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Name of Committee
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Date of Meeting
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Your Name
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Please answer the following questions about the meeting you just
observed. In the space provided, please explain the rating you gave each
item.

1.  **Clarity of Meeting Goals\
    **

> **Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Excellent**
>
> **1 2 3 4 5**

Unclear, diffuse, Clear, shared conflicting, by all, endorsed
unacceptable with enthusiasm

> Comments:
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>
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**2.** **General Meeting Participation Level**

> **Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Excellent**
>
> **1 2 3 4 5**

People seemed bored, All paid attention, distracted, little verbal all
participated in participation the discussion

> Comments:
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**3. Meeting Leadership**

> **Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Excellent**
>
> **1 2 3 4 5**

The group's need for Clear sense of

leadership was not met direction provided

> Comments:
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>
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4.  **Decision Making Quality\
    **

> **Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Excellent**
>
> **1 2 3 4 5**

Decisions were Everyone took dominated by part in decision-

a few members making

> Comments:
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5.  **Cohesiveness Among Meeting Participants**

> **Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Excellent**
>
> **1 2 3 4 5**

Antagonistic/ Members trust and distrustful work well with others

> Comments:
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6.  **Problem Solving/Conflict**

> **Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Excellent**
>
> **1 2 3 4 5**

Problems/conflicts Problems/conflicts resolved not resolved

> Comments:
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*In your responses to Questions #7 & #8, provide your general
impressions.*

**7. Meeting Organization**

> **Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Excellent**
>
> **1 2 3 4 5**

Chaotic, poorly Well organized,

Organized all went smoothly

Comments:

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8.  **Meeting Productivity**

> **Poor Fair Satisfactory Good Excellent**
>
> **1 2 3 4 5**

 Not much accomplished, Much accomplished,

wasted too much time good use of time

> Comments:
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Adapted from "Appendix I---Meeting Effectiveness Inventory," in *Getting
to Outcomes: Volume II---Training Tools and References,* June 2000,
Appendix I, by National Center for the Advancement of Prevention and
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration.