If you’ve ever had to lead a meeting, you know what it’s like to have attendees who come in late without a copy of the agenda, or don’t show up at all. With Meetin.gs, you can make sure everyone’s at the right meeting at the right time, and distribute minutes and to-dos when you’re finished.
Google Calendar’s new Optional attendees feature lets meeting creators communicate how important your attendance is at a meeting in a couple of clicks.
Most people dread meetings because they seem to drag on forever and end up cluttered with complaints, side conversations and handout reviews. Schedule meetings with a focus on brevity to increase effectiveness and output.
A professor of business surveyed more than 9000 managers and workers and found a familiar paradox: Nearly everyone considers email checking and texting during face-to-face meetings rude, but most people still do it. She suggests more meeting breaks to fix the problem.
Modern calendar apps make one hour a kind of default appointment, and it seems like a nice, average time slot for meeting planners. The 45 Minute Meeting is a movement to make meetings shorter, both on the calendar and in the room.
If it’s your job to get people together for meetings, parties or other events, and to do so with minimal phone tag and lengthy email chains, Needtomeet is a meeting planner with a simple and user-friendly interface.
