I hate the term "meeting" as that's merely a super-class of event. Technically a lecture is a meeting, a movie screening is a meeting, a concert is a meeting.

I hate the term "meeting" as that's merely a super-class of event. Technically a lecture is a meeting, a movie screening is a meeting, a concert is a meeting. I find things are more productive when there's an actual expectation about what people do when gathered. * brainstorming * problem identification (a type of brain storming) * solution identification (a type of brain storming) * Question and Answer* (I tend to not find these very productive) * Presentation (possibly of answers to submitted questions)