Ideally, your team should be able to look at the calendar and understand exactly why they need to spend time in the meetings scheduled there. Unfortunately, instead of a purposeful meeting name, or a culturally unique meeting name developed by your team, many people schedule meetings that don’t tell you anything about what they’re meant to achieve.
To identify meetings that might not be well-defined, look for those that literally contain the word “meeting” in the title (as well as synonyms like “discussion”). Add or edit synonyms in the at the bottom of this page.
Potential meetings to rename
Why This Matters
Great meeting names explain exactly why you’re holding that meeting.
Here’s an example: Let’s say you have a meeting on your calendar called “Budget Meeting.” That only tells people that you’re reserving time to talk about money. Rename that meeting to clarify the kind of meeting you expect to run and what you need to accomplish.
Possible new names for a "Budget Meeting"
If the Meeting Type is...
The new meeting name might be...
Not sure about the purpose for one of your meetings? Stefan Godo suggests this exercise:
At the beginning of the meeting, ask each participant to write what they think the meeting’s purpose is in ONE sentence. Collect the papers and read them in the last 10 minutes of the meeting. If the team mostly agrees, use the information on the papers to create a new meeting name. If they don’t, bring this up when you . Current synonyms: @meeting
@sync
@discussion
@check-in
@session
@Call
@chat
@get together
@go over
@collaborate
@piggyback
@connect on
@dialogue
@touch base
@follow up
@talk