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rules/limit-duration/rule.md

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 Limiting the duration of board meetings encourages efficiency and ensures that members remain engaged and focused throughout the session.
 
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-### Why Limit Meeting Duration?
+### ✅ Advantages of limiting meetings' duration
 
-* **Enhance Focus:** Shorter meetings help maintain high levels of concentration and prevent fatigue.
-* **Improve Productivity:** Time constraints encourage quicker decision-making and more focused discussions.
-* **Respect for Time:** Recognizes the value of participants' time, contributing to higher satisfaction and attendance rates.
+* **Enhance focus** - Shorter meetings help maintain high levels of concentration and prevent fatigue. It keeps discussions concise and to the point, avoiding unnecessary digressions
+* **Improve productivity** - Time constraints encourage quicker decision-making and more focused discussions. It increases the likelihood of higher attendance and engagement from board members
+* **Respect for time** - Recognizes the value of participants' time, contributing to higher satisfaction and attendance rates. It ensures meetings end on time fostering a sense of predictability and respect for personal schedules
 
-| Company Size | Recommended Meeting Length (Hours) |
+| Company size | Recommended meeting length (hours) |
 | ------------ | ---------------------------------- |
 | 1-50         | 2                                  |
 | 51-200       | 3                                  |
 | 201-500      | 4                                  |
 | 501+         | 5                                  |
 
-### Strategies for Keeping Meetings Short
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-* **Use a Timer:** Allocate specific time slots for each agenda item and use a timer to enforce these limits.
-* **Prioritize Topics:** Focus on the most critical issues that require board input, leaving operational details for another forum.
-* **Encourage Conciseness:** Promote a culture of brevity in presentations and discussions to cover more ground in less time.
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+### Strategies for keeping meetings short
 
-* Keeps discussions concise and to the point, avoiding unnecessary digressions.
-* Ensures that meetings end on time, fostering a sense of predictability and respect for personal schedules.
-* Increases the likelihood of higher attendance and engagement from board members.
+* **Use a timer** - Allocate specific time slots for each agenda item and use a timer to enforce these limits
+* **Prioritize topics** - Focus on the most critical issues that require board input, leaving operational details for another forum
+* **Encourage conciseness** - Promote a culture of brevity in presentations and discussions to cover more ground in less time
 
 Setting and adhering to a specific time limit for board meetings can drastically improve their effectiveness and efficiency.