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How to Schedule a Meeting With Someone You Don’t Know
How to ask someone you barely know for a meeting: what to say, what to offer, how to schedule it, and what to send if they never reply.
By Brett Cooper
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Practical advice on running meetings worth showing up for: sharper agendas, follow-through that sticks, and fewer meetings that should've been an email.
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How to Start and End Meetings on Time (and Make It Stick)
How to start meetings on time and end them on time, even when half the room is late: the decree that worked, the reasons, and the tactics.
By Brett Cooper
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How to Follow Up on That Unanswered Meeting Request
Nobody answered your meeting request? A copy-paste follow-up email, how long to wait, and when to send the last one, without sounding pushy.
By Jeffrey Steinke
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Managing the Meeting Hog
Meeting hogs monopolize the room and drag meetings out. Here's how to manage the talking without shutting anyone down, plus 6 tips for reining one in.
By Jeffrey Steinke
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The Hidden Benefit of Stand-Up Meetings
Stand-up meetings work because they get you meeting more often in smaller batches, which surfaces problems sooner so you can fix them before they compound.
By Jeffrey Steinke
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How to Add an Agenda to a Google Calendar Invite
Google Calendar has no agenda field, so the agenda goes in the event description. The format to use, an example to paste, and how Less Meeting reads it.
By Jeffrey Steinke
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Meeting Etiquette
Good meeting etiquette comes down to who's in the room and how they behave once there: when to invite people, decline an invite, and handle laptops and phones.
By Jeffrey Steinke
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Walking Meetings: Why and How to Try One
Get your team out of the fluorescent-lit conference room: why walking meetings help people think, and how to start with two a week.
By Stephen Weber
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How Amazon, Apple and Google Run Meetings
Amazon's six-page memos, Apple's directly responsible individual and Google's 70-meetings-a-week system: how three giants keep meetings short.
By Stephen Weber
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