Idea for Committee and Board Meetings
Meeting participants often must make decisions on complex, important problems. Discussions can wander all over the spectrum. To get order, just furnish each participant with a copy of The Scientific Method Today. Start at ingredient one and have a little discussion on observations about the problem. Then go on to ingredient two and present the problem in the form of a question. Here you want to define the problem properly. Continue on through the other stages. You might even have to jump around, since the scientific method is not a rigid method. After this is done a number of times, participants will get the idea and use the method more efficiently.
Those submitting reports to meetings should consider following the scientific method format. This shows participants that a professional analysis has been made.
