State the following words to your group:

Okay, so to wrap this up and make sure we’re all on the same page, what are we doing?  What’s the plan?

It will cause the group to realize that the meeting was not fruitless, and ensures that everyone understands their roles and functions. It means that no one can walk away from the meeting, and say, “I don’t know what’s going on”.

Personally, I’ve done the “I don’t know…” statement before, because at the end of the meeting, we never had a clear, definitive goal/mission/plan-of-action.

So don’t let this happen to you!