Do you want to have a productive meeting tomorrow at the office?

Are you looking for some tips to help make the planning process smoother?

You’re eagerly anticipating your meeting tomorrow.

You’re looking forward to catching up with folks, hashing out ideas, and discussing a current project.

You’re so excited about the event, there’s no need to prepare for the meeting, right? Well, not quite.

While it’s easy to go on autopilot when it comes to meetings, there’s a great benefit in reviewing how you can make your meeting the best it can be.

Most people despise meetings, and for good reason.

Many meetings are poorly managed or don’t need to be held in the first place.

But your meetings don’t need to be time-wasting, energy-sucking, soul-crushing events.

Here are four thoughtful ways to make sure you have a productive meeting tomorrow.

Corral agenda items.

It’s always a good idea to have a well-organized agenda when planning a meeting.

That being said, agendas can easily become bloated documents with irrelevant, unnecessary, and frivolous information.

Ideally, your agenda should focus on one main topic or goal.

Your agenda should lay out the entire flow of the meeting, from the welcoming remarks, review of past meeting items, current topics, discussion, and final wrap-up.

Avoid placing unnecessary subjects, topics, or discussions on your agenda.

Keep things simple. Remove any updates that don’t belong on the agenda.

Excise unnecessary discussion items and do your best to schedule agenda items in a reasonable timeframe during the meeting itself.

Assign two key roles.

If you want your meeting to truly shine, make sure you have specifically assigned two key meeting roles: the meeting manager and the timekeeper.

The meeting manager oversees the agenda and the flow of the meeting, leading meeting attendees from the beginning to the end of the meeting.

The timekeeper is responsible for watching the clock and alerting the meeting manager in regard to the passage of time.

Both roles need to work together seamlessly to ensure the meeting runs smoothly.

If you haven’t yet designated these two roles for your meeting, identify two responsible individuals right away. Have them briefly review and discuss the overall flow of the meeting.

Treat meeting time with the respect it deserves.

You took great care to arrange your meeting.

So why would you jeopardize this valuable moment with distractions, interruptions, and side conversations?

Every meeting is a unique moment in time. And no meeting can ever be exactly repeated.

Even if you invite the same attendees, present the same agenda, and discuss the same information, you’re guaranteed to have a different outcome.

Give your meeting the attention it deserves by planning to make the most of this time to the fullest.

Be fully present; place your work concerns and considerations to the side for the moment, read the agenda, interact with others, and get involved.

Nix interruptions in the bud and tell others you will be unavailable.

Temporarily silence notifications on your electronic devices including your cell phone, tablet, and laptop.

Prepare to contribute in a meaningful way.

Have you ever attended a meeting where an attendee talks non-stop on a tangential subject for the entire meeting?

Or goes on at length about a challenging personal problem or situation?

We’ve all been there. It’s painful and frustrating.

Of course, this isn’t to say that you’ll use your meeting as a soapbox for grandstanding, but it is worth putting yourself in the place of other meeting attendees.

How can you contribute to the meeting in a meaningful way that will actually help or support others?

Here’s what you can do to prepare in advance. Think about the meeting topic and review the meeting agenda.

Next, envision the meeting in your mind’s eye and imagine the flow of the conversation.

What types of comments, ideas, or thoughts will move things forward in the meeting? What types of contributions will grind the meeting to a halt?

Being thoughtful and consciously aware of your contributions can go a long way when it comes to running a productive meeting.

How about you? Which of these meeting tips are you going to follow? Join the conversation and leave a comment below!

This post originally appeared on Inc.com.