The Meeting Agenda

One thing that apparently propels PhD research is meetings. One way to make sure you are getting everything out of your meeting that you want in an effective manner is to create an agenda. Your agenda should be focused on outcomes or objectives, i.e., consider what a good outcome of your meeting would be.
Do you want a decision?
Do you want to generate ideas?
Are you getting status reports?
Are you communicating something?
Are you making plans?
Be asking these questions and spending a few minutes prioritizing your agenda, you should have a meeting that truly mobilizes your research.

Thanks to mindtools for supplying the important considerations of what a good outcome would be.