Who is working the agenda?

OK, great. You realized that you needed an agenda. You created your agenda based on what you need to get accomplished. Now do you have someone to work the agenda? This is related to an earlier post re: "who's in charge here". It can be pretty darn frustrating to participate in a meeting that has a clear agenda, but the agenda is not used. Find someone who has the skills to lead your meeting and work the agenda, whether it's something that just comes to them naturally, or is something that they've learned how to do. And if for whatever reason the agenda is not right, rely on that leader to revise the agenda with the group and get back to work.