Project Manager acts as a facilitator in the meeting. Managing the meeting more effectively is more important to get the actual status of project. Project Management Templates are very useful for the meeting before the meeting, during the meeting and after the meeting.

2. There's a meeting with your team on Thursday. In this
meeting you have to discuss about the project status. As
you are project manager, if the project got successful,
then credits goes to whole team or if gets failed, then you
are responsible for it. Every project team members are
very eager to know about the project status. During
meeting you have to act as normal.

3. Each & every team member of project should
know about the meeting and it's timing. Along
with time mention the duration of meeting and
agenda so that team members will manage their
task.

4. During meeting make everyone relax, whatever
your status of project. People are afraid of
speaking if they are under pressure. This will
help you to know the truth of project progress
from their individual contribution.

5. Though some people have knowledge, but they are not
much talkative. So, always communicate to everyone.
Some members are more talkative leaving the main
scenario. Let them speak, but bring them on track
otherwise it would be unnecessarily total waste of time.

6. Keep your diary with you, not blank – In diary
you must mention the points to be discussed
during meeting, in advance.

7. Select the format for writing the key points
during discussions. Stick to that format only,
otherwise you would require more time to regain
the points or you would lose the important
points.

8. Meeting rooms are not comfortable, pens run
out at just critical moment. Plan for
everything.

9. When your meeting is over, ask for feedback.
You could do this directly at the end of the
session or after a few days later. It’s good to get
some feedback as it helps you work on what to
improve for next time.

10. To carry out all the process before, during and after the
meeting effectively, use the project management
templates. You can schedule meeting, meeting agenda,
share status report, meeting minutes and communicate
with members once the meeting has ended.