The Hidden Etiquette of Meetings
It’s 3:30 and you glance down at your phone to check your schedule for the rest of the afternoon… Booked solid until 5pm (again). Not a lot a free time available to get work done between all these meetings. Do you constantly struggle with how to get work done with all of meetings you attend. […]
It’s just a meeting agenda…
“It’s just a meeting agenda“, not long ago this short phrase sparked my interest. I began to think about the impact of meeting agendas (or lack thereof) on my companies productivity. Meeting studies show 63% of American meetings are run without an agenda. So the question is whether the 63% of meetings without an agenda […]
The 35,000 Foot Meeting
We’re excited to announce the newest feature – the ability to attend and participate in meetings from 35,000 feet. Actually this isn’t a new feature, but it might be a first for LessMeeting.I was recently traveling to a client-site meeting and it was one of those days where there were fires to put out all […]
Boycott A Meeting Day?
Jason Fried and the team at 37signals are working on an effort to make January 19th “Boycott a Meeting Day”. At first I loved the concept, but the more I started the think about it, the more I began to be troubled by the flaws in the concept of “boycotting meetings”. Here are a few […]
Making Meetings More Expensive
Seth Godin writes in “Making meeting more expensive” about a meeting Fairie who would ensure that meetings are shorter and more effective by performing a few key tasks. Our favorites that he mentions are: Ensuring that every meeting has a clearly defined purpose, and accomplishes that purpose, then ends. We strongly advocate a Fairie to […]
Meeting Etiquette – Technology in Meetings
Clickity, click, click, click…. Scroll wheel…. Click click…. This is the sound from the guy next to you frantically tapping away on his blackberry in the middle of the meeting.Is he checking his Facebook page, is he playing solitaire, or is he responding to an email that is critical to helping your company meet its […]
