For anyone who has ever had something important to say at their local school board or condo association meeting, only to be drowned out by others who knew how to take control of the meeting—or were just louder—this guide shows how anyone can get their thoughts and ideas heard and their agendas and proposals passed.

This book provides secrets, tips, and tricks to making the rules of Parliamentary procedure a personal secret weapon. With The Guerrilla Guide to Robert’s Rules, readers will learn all the ways to make their voice heard— fairly and ethically!

• Written by the consummate Professional Registered Parliamentarian
• Tips on how to play fair—and play to win
• The perfect complement to Sylvester’s book on the basics of Parliamentary procedure, The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Robert’s Rules

The authority on how to effectively run a meeting. Not a rule book but a book to help you understand and apply parliamentary procedure. Perfect for the new president of a small group or the chairman of a large formal meeting, this guide explains everything from the ladder of motions to how to use Robert's Rules for any size or type of meeting. Expert parliamentarian Nancy Sylvester helps tailor the most popular form of parliamentary procedure today to meet any organization's needs.

Designed as a training/teaching tool for parliamentary procedure workshops as well as serve as a stand alone reference booklet. It was created to help simplify and make understandable the concepts of parliamentary procedure. Only 10 pages in length, the booklet concisely and accurately summarizes the 750 pages of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised.

This book is exclusively available from Nancy Sylvester.

The only authorized parliamentary procedure guide, completely revised and updated by the authorized Robert's Rules Authorship Committee.

Originally published as a slim document in 1896, General Henry M. Robert's classic guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings has sold close to five million copies in nine editions. The only book containing the completely developed Robert's Rules of Order subject matter, this latest edition will continue the book's reputation as the gold standard of meeting procedure for parliamentarians and novice club presidents and members alike. Thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the past decade's technological advances and usage, this tenth edition contains new information on how to conduct meetings over the Internet, on phone and video conference calls, and with members in absentia. The best book from which to learn all about running and taking an effective part in meetings, General Robert's gift of order is as indispensable now as it was a century ago.

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Designed to augment my training program in effective meetings as well as serve as a stand alone instrument to instruct purposeful meeting management. It has been quoted in Successful Meetings Magazine (August, 1993) as well as the book Mastering Meetings which is written by the 3M Meeting Management Team.

This book is available exclusively from Nancy Sylvester.