👈 Check out the doc in action:

click here to watch a real (condensed) meeting

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Have you ever noticed how much time we spend talking about meetings?

How will this help me run a better meeting?

Step 1: Add a status update and meeting topics

How this section works

Share this doc with meeting attendees in advance. Try adding it to your calendar invites so it’s easy to find.

Encourage folks to submit sentiment and topics before the meeting, effectively creating a pre-read. No more wondering “so what is this meeting about?”

Get a pulse on how everyone is feeling with the sentiment tracker and the gifs.

You can also add columns to capture more info from your team. Try adding a column for “Ongoing projects” or “This week’s focus” to spice things up.

😀 Status updates

😀 Status updates

Person

How are you feeling?

If this week were a gif

Weekly check-in

Archive

Person

How are you feeling?

If this week were a gif

Weekly check-in

Archive

1

Have a lot on my plate, struggling to focus, could use some focused time to get stuff done!

2

Everything is everywhere all at once. Juggling a lot of account stuff and am in desperate need of vacation!

3

Came back from vacation & ready to go this week!

4

Feeling a bit overwhelmed this week coming back from time away, but otherwise great!

There are no rows in this table

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Pro tip: you can use the

Slack Pack

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to send reminders to individuals or team channels to ensure everyone’s on the same page.

Step 2: Add and upvote your meeting topics

How this section works

Have a clear meeting roadmap and discuss the topics most important to your team. The estimated time and the ability to upvote topics create an agenda that’s focused around this week’s priorities.

Do you have too many topics for the meeting’s runtime? No problem, you can always push them to next week.

Once you’re done discussing items, click the

Archive Meeting Topics

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button to archive the meeting.

Who’s the person reading? Use the reaction to signal to others that it’s time to move onto the next section and keep your meeting humming.

Date

Add your meeting topic here

Submitter

Estimated time

Upvote

Done

Date

Add your meeting topic here

Submitter

Estimated time

Upvote

Done

1

Thu, Mar 30

Incorporating Negroni Spagliatos into our user outreach campaigns

10 mins

2

Thu, Mar 30

How do we incorporate more AI in our meetings?

15 mins

3

Thu, Mar 30

Drafting email copy for test campaign around invites and shares

15 mins

4

Thu, Mar 30

When are we getting together for an in-person meeting?

10 mins

5

Thu, Mar 30

No more doing ourselves on things we really shouldn’t be doing

5 mins

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55 mins

Sum

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Finished voting? Click here. →

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Meeting Length

60

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We have

55 mins

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blocked with

5 mins

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available.

Step 3: Discuss your meeting topics

How this section works

Use the timer to ensure that one person who never stops talking (we all know one) actually stops talking. (💡Tip: be sure to reset it once you’re done!)

Appoint a note taker (or have the topic submitter take notes) - Encourage the topic submitter to take notes on their topic and add action items.

Quickly add action items for yourself or other teammates to follow up on in proceeding meetings.

Hit the “complete” button to mark the agenda item as “done” and archive it. You can always revisit your conversation on the

Meeting Archive

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page.

Step 4: Enjoy your new and improved recurring team meeting!

Bonus tips:

Be sure to click the

Archive Status updates

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and the

Archive Meeting Topics

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to refresh your doc for the next meeting.

Keep track and manage your action items on the

Action Items

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page.

Revisit old meetings on the

Meeting Archive

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Add meeting recordings so folks who are unable to attend the meeting live can stay updated without slacking a friend “what’d I miss?”

Now that you’ve made it this far, what are you waiting for!?

Make your own meeting doc

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