{"id":663,"date":"2021-05-19T16:29:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/?page_id=663"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:41:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:41:05","slug":"use-roberts-rules-for-meetings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/use-roberts-rules-for-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Use Robert&#8217;s Rules for Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p>There&#8217;s a reason why Robert&#8217;s Rules of Order is a gold standard for running meetings to ensure all voices can be heard&#8211;but there&#8217;s a lot to remember. Although it&#8217;s not the\u00a0<em>only<\/em> rules for engagement out there, it is one you&#8217;ll likely encounter in political meetings, including St. Olaf&#8217;s Student Government Association. Many boards for nonprofit and for-profit organizations will also use some variation of Robert Rules. Check out this video from Essie Broich, Natalie Choi, Mai Xee Vang, and Nina Vang from Mary Carlsen&#8217;s &#8220;Social Policy&#8221; class in the spring of 2021 for a quick overview of Robert&#8217;s Rules and how to use them (<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/files\/2021\/05\/Roberts-Rules-Presentation.pdf\">video slides available here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 1440px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-663-1\" width=\"1440\" height=\"900\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/files\/2021\/05\/Roberts-Rules-and-Other-Alternatives.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/files\/2021\/05\/Roberts-Rules-and-Other-Alternatives.mp4\">https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/files\/2021\/05\/Roberts-Rules-and-Other-Alternatives.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n\n\n<!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder -->\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<header class=\"site-section__header\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title h3\" id=\"tips-and-strategies-for-running-effective-inclusive-meetings\" data-name=\"title\" data-livetext data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\">Tips and Strategies for Running Effective &amp; Inclusive Meetings<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/files\/2021\/05\/Tips-for-hosting-an-effective-meeting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"665\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/use-roberts-rules-for-meetings\/tips-for-hosting-an-effective-meeting\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/files\/2021\/05\/Tips-for-hosting-an-effective-meeting.png\" data-orig-size=\"800,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tips for hosting an effective meeting\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/files\/2021\/05\/Tips-for-hosting-an-effective-meeting-410x1024.png\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-665\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/files\/2021\/05\/Tips-for-hosting-an-effective-meeting-410x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/files\/2021\/05\/What-to-include-in-meeting-minutes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"668\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/use-roberts-rules-for-meetings\/what-to-include-in-meeting-minutes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/files\/2021\/05\/What-to-include-in-meeting-minutes.png\" data-orig-size=\"1587,2245\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"What to include in meeting minutes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/files\/2021\/05\/What-to-include-in-meeting-minutes-724x1024.png\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-668\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/files\/2021\/05\/What-to-include-in-meeting-minutes-212x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"2\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/files\/2021\/05\/Roberts-Rules-Explained.pdf\">Robert&#8217;s Rules Explained<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/vote\/files\/2021\/05\/Roberts-Rules-Help-Sheet-Sheet1.pdf\">Robert Rules Help Sheet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a reason why Robert&#8217;s Rules of Order is a gold standard for running meetings to ensure all voices can be heard&#8211;but there&#8217;s a lot to remember. 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