Our Tips for better Meetings
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Better participation through multiple communication channels
Encourage participants to use voice, video, chat and whiteboard to engage in the meeting. More thoughts and ideas will become part of the conversation.
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Create a template to make your meeting invites more useful
Create a template in your calendar app and use it every time you send a meeting invite. The template will remind you of what you need to include to prepare your attendees.
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Thumbs-Up voting is an easy way to get feedback
Use the thumbs-up emoji and the numbers 1 to 5 in your chat app to get a quick check on alignment before the meeting ends.
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Lean Coffee – the easiest way to facilitate meetings with emerging topics
Use the Lean Coffee facilitation technique for meetings in which the topic is determined by the attendees during the meeting.
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Make your invite answer What and Why
Put yourself in the shoes of the recipient and check that your invite answers the questions: Why are we having that meeting? and What is expected of me?