Wayne Turmel, writer, speaker, president of Greatwebmeetings.com expounds 8 Tips in his article entitled Virtual Meetings Are Like Broccoli: 8 Tips for Better Virtual Project Meetings.

Here are his 8 tips.

1. Only hold necessary meetings
2. Have a clear purpose
3. Clearly list your objectives
4. Know who really needs to be there
5. Prepare an agenda
6. Enforce the agenda
7. Identify and state action items
8. Follow up

The following pages will describe more specifics for best practices.