GOAL: Return equipment, acknowledgments, and evaluate.
Your chance to clean up unfinished business, allow speakers to feel worthwhile, check yourself as a meeting manager, and learn to improve future meetings from your experience.
Settle financial obligations.

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follow through on payment for meeting site, speakers, equipment, etc.

Equipment returns.

. . .	return borrowed equipment`
. . .	return office equipment to rightful place.
. . .	replace equipment and supplies used or lost.

Acknowledgments.

. . .	remember those who contributed to the success of your meeting.
. . .	send brief thank you notes to speakers and other contributors.
. . .	speakers might appreciate a summary of the meeting evaluation. Evaluations are important to staff for performance evaluations.

Evaluation and critique.

Evaluation--You can learn information from every meeting, useful for conducting future meetings.
. . .	first, fill out your meeting evaluation form from your perspective of meeting goals and purposes.
. . .	next, summarize the audience evaluations and compare audience reaction with your own.
Critique--Constructive critique with an experienced co-worker should be an important part of your early meeting management training. Learn to weed out weaknesses in your meeting management technique.
. . .	satisfactory meeting site --seating arrangements --parking facilities --meal and snack arrangements --audio-visual equipment and use --freedom from external noise and commotion --cooperative meeting site personnel.
. . .	speakers --did they accomplish what you requested? --was it evident that you had a problem communicating your specific request to speakers?
. . .	audience --did they leave your meeting with a sense of getting what they came together for?
. . .	yourself --did the meeting move along on schedule?

Did you accomplish what you set out to do?