{"id":589,"date":"2025-09-01T01:42:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T01:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bettermeetings.online\/?page_id=589"},"modified":"2026-02-24T18:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:08:24","slug":"the-story-behind-better-meetings-online","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bettermeetings.online\/?page_id=589","title":{"rendered":"About BetterMeetings.online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Whenever a form of communication becomes easy, we put less effort into it and a good thing turns bad. We&#8217;ve seen this with emails, chats, social media posts and yes, with meetings as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, having a meeting has become so easy that it has become acceptable to just agree on a time and send a weblink. The general bemoaning of too many meetings and useless meetings is the direct result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BetterMeetings Online attempts to fix this by making meeting &#8220;difficult&#8221; again BUT have AI do all the difficult things that lead to better meetings, meetings that facilitate productive and consequential communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4c2256b4 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">About Me<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-cd98fb2e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3540e7cd wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"959\" src=\"https:\/\/bettermeetings.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Christoph-Hammer-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bettermeetings.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Christoph-Hammer-1.jpg 767w, https:\/\/bettermeetings.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Christoph-Hammer-1-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>With more than 20 years of experience leading teams and organizations, I\u2019ve learned a simple truth: organizational momentum rises and falls with meeting culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why I created BetterMeetings.online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I combine facilitation expertise with AI product design to help teams move beyond the \u201cstatus update\u201d meeting and toward outcome-driven collaboration. I work with leadership teams, product organizations, engineers, and creative professionals to design meeting cultures that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-large-font-size\">\n<li>Reduce operational overhead<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clarify decision-making and ownership<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improve cross-functional alignment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turn discussion into measurable progress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">If you want to improve the meeting culture in your organization and unlock your team\u2019s collective potential, reach out at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a>christoph@bettermeetings.online<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever a form of communication becomes easy, we put less effort into it and a good thing turns bad. We&#8217;ve seen this with emails, chats, social media posts and yes, with meetings as well. 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