The scrum stand up meeting, is sometimes renamed to “the scrum”.  This is fine but remember you are supposed to stand up.  The reasoning behind this is it keeps the meeting short.  People do not become too comfortable.  The idea is very simple.  Quickly broadcast any information from the scrum master, then whizz around the team collecting status and blockers.  Each member outlines what they are working on that day.  No design discussions or protracted dialog on anything else.  Take discussion offline.  Keep screens and software products tracking tasks out of it too.  Its not a bad idea to have the visual indicators available.  People can then point to the task card, this helps other interested parties keep track of what is going on.

Beware all yea who let the stand-up slip into longer formats, your wasting company money and time.  Possibly you could end up on this new social site Meet or Die!

I have been in scrums with established teams, where extraneous dialog started to creep in.  My scrum master introduced a speaking ball.  The ball is passed around.  You can only speak if you have the ball.  Anyone speaking out of turn is marked on a board.  When you gather enough marks you have to buy food for the team.

Sounds silly, but it did make the meeting fun…chucking the ball around, and kept it short.