A meeting is when two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal or business setting, but meetings also occur in a variety of other environments. Meetings can be used as form of group decision-making .
19-623: The Cobb Galleria Centre is a meeting and convention center in the Cumberland/Galleria district of Cobb County , northwest of Atlanta, Georgia , in the United States . It is also located next to a cluster of mid-rise office buildings, Cumberland Mall , Truist Park , The Battery Atlanta and the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre . It has hosted over 20,000 events and 10 million of guests. The venue operates under
38-444: A skyped conference call or a videoconference . One Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a meeting as "an act or process of coming together" - for example "as [...] an assembly for a common purpose [...]". Meeting planners and other meeting professionals may use the term "meeting" to denote an event booked at a hotel, convention center or any other venue dedicated to such gatherings. Anthropologist Helen B. Schwartzman defines
57-475: A telephone conference call , a skyped conference call or a videoconference . One Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a meeting as "an act or process of coming together" - for example "as [...] an assembly for a common purpose [...]". Meeting planners and other meeting professionals may use the term "meeting" to denote an event booked at a hotel, convention center or any other venue dedicated to such gatherings. Anthropologist Helen B. Schwartzman defines
76-401: A formal or business setting, but meetings also occur in a variety of other environments. Meetings can be used as form of group decision-making . A meeting refers to a gathering with a specific agenda and not just mere gathering of people casually talking to each other. Meetings may occur face-to-face or virtually, as mediated by communications technology, such as a telephone conference call ,
95-872: A meeting as "a communicative event involving three or more people who agree to assemble for a purpose ostensibly related to the functioning of an organization or group." For her, meetings are characterized by "multiparty talk that is episodic in nature, and participants either develop or use specific conventions for regulating this talk." The term "meeting" may refer to a lecture (one presentation), seminar (typically several presentations, small audience, one day), conference (mid-size, one or more days), congress (large, several days), exhibition or trade show (with staffed stands being visited by passers-by), workshop (smaller, with active participants), training course , team-building session and kick-off event . Common types of meeting include: Other varieties include breakfast meetings off-site meetings (or Awayday meetings in
114-872: A meeting as "a communicative event involving three or more people who agree to assemble for a purpose ostensibly related to the functioning of an organization or group." For her, meetings are characterized by "multiparty talk that is episodic in nature, and participants either develop or use specific conventions for regulating this talk." The term "meeting" may refer to a lecture (one presentation), seminar (typically several presentations, small audience, one day), conference (mid-size, one or more days), congress (large, several days), exhibition or trade show (with staffed stands being visited by passers-by), workshop (smaller, with active participants), training course , team-building session and kick-off event . Common types of meeting include: Other varieties include breakfast meetings off-site meetings (or Awayday meetings in
133-470: A topic. Silence is often used to indicate agreement to this final formalization. Turns within a topic are expected to be related to previous turns of the topic as a whole. In settings turns are long and more loosely related to the previous turns. In these cases, the speaker may introduce the subject matter of the turn and related it to the agenda topic. Awayday A meeting is when two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in
152-469: The Cobb-Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority to serve the need for a facility to accommodate small and mid-sized tradeshows, conventions, meetings and social events. With more than 320,000 total square feet, the facility features 144,000 square feet (13,400 m) of exhibit space, a 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m) ballroom, 20 meeting rooms and four executive boardrooms. Located within
171-470: The Galleria Specialty Shops. The biggest initiative has been the construction of the state-of-the-art Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, which opened in 2007. Meeting A meeting refers to a gathering with a specific agenda and not just mere gathering of people casually talking to each other. Meetings may occur face-to-face or virtually, as mediated by communications technology, such as
190-802: The Galleria complex, an 88 acres (36 ha) upscale office/retail/hotel area, the Centre is connected to the Galleria Specialty Mall and the 522-room Renaissance Waverly Hotel. Accessible by a pedestrian sky bridge are the Sheraton Suites Galleria Hotel, Cumberland Mall , Truist Park and The Battery Atlanta. The Authority has been able to re-invest in its asset through several acquisitions and construction initiatives, including building additional exhibit space and parking facilities, bringing food and beverage operations in-house and acquiring
209-448: The UK), and " stand-up meetings " where participants stand up to encourage brevity. Since a meeting can be held once or often, the meeting organizer has to determine the repetition and frequency of occurrence of the meeting: one-time, recurring meeting, or a series meeting such as a monthly "lunch and learn" event at a company, church, club or organization in which the placeholder is the same, but
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#1732868584330228-403: The UK), and " stand-up meetings " where participants stand up to encourage brevity. Since a meeting can be held once or often, the meeting organizer has to determine the repetition and frequency of occurrence of the meeting: one-time, recurring meeting, or a series meeting such as a monthly "lunch and learn" event at a company, church, club or organization in which the placeholder is the same, but
247-414: The agenda and topics to be covered vary. In Russian, a "flying meeting" ( Russian : летучий митинг , romanized : letuchij miting ) is a hastily called brief meeting. Meetings have been studied using conversation analysis . Meetings are thought of as a distinct speech exchange system with different norms and rules. Participants may move in and out of the conversation exchange system during
266-414: The agenda and topics to be covered vary. In Russian, a "flying meeting" ( Russian : летучий митинг , romanized : letuchij miting ) is a hastily called brief meeting. Meetings have been studied using conversation analysis . Meetings are thought of as a distinct speech exchange system with different norms and rules. Participants may move in and out of the conversation exchange system during
285-463: The direction of the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority and is located at the intersection of three major highways: Interstate 75 , Interstate 285 , and Cobb Parkway ( U.S. 41 ) just northwest of the city. The Galleria Specialty Mall , which pre-dates the convention center, is located downstairs, with meeting halls upstairs. Cobb Galleria Centre was constructed in 1994 by
304-429: The meeting. A meeting will often have a chair who has some control over the discussion in the meeting. The chair may have a superior position in a social hierarchy or be appointed as a facilitator. The beginning of the meeting speech exchange system is often indicated by nonverbal cues, or stating the purpose of the meeting. In formal meetings, the chair has control over turn-taking in a conversation. In informal meetings
323-429: The meeting. A meeting will often have a chair who has some control over the discussion in the meeting. The chair may have a superior position in a social hierarchy or be appointed as a facilitator. The beginning of the meeting speech exchange system is often indicated by nonverbal cues, or stating the purpose of the meeting. In formal meetings, the chair has control over turn-taking in a conversation. In informal meetings
342-402: The participants often decide for themselves who turn taking functions with the chair occasionally intervening. Non-verbal communication with the chair may be used to take a turn. Often the chair will control the choice of topic of discussion, different chairs will control the conversation in different ways. A pre-closing formulation is an individual's summarization of the groups understanding of
361-402: The participants often decide for themselves who turn taking functions with the chair occasionally intervening. Non-verbal communication with the chair may be used to take a turn. Often the chair will control the choice of topic of discussion, different chairs will control the conversation in different ways. A pre-closing formulation is an individual's summarization of the groups understanding of
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