It can be intimidating to attend a meeting for the first time, especially if it is your first time seated at the table. Frequently, when seated at the table of a meeting, you feel pressure and a strong desire to know every detail. Nonetheless, after you've left a meeting you get that overwhelming feeling? The Meeting Notebook is a resource for the doctoral candidate or soon-to-be doctoral candidate who is in the midst conference sessions and striving to navigate all of the requirements, complexities, and research specifications for their work.

This 15-week, semester-long notebook will guide you through each weekly meeting with your advisor, chair, coach, or mentor as you develop a timeline and methodical plan for completing your project. It will also provide strategies for managing your responsibilities so that you remain confident and on track. In addition, you'll acquire motivation and focus on your objectives and your advisor's requests as you work to complete your dissertation.