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With many boards currently setting their 2024 meeting calendars, it is timely to consider the opportunities to hold #meetings outside of the head office board room.   In this #boardwhisperer, I discuss how your board can maximise the benefits of holding meetings outside of the board room.  #boardsofdirectors

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How to Stop Letting Ad Hoc Meetings Steal Your Time When was the last time you woke up to a meeting on your calendar scheduled over the only time you had available today to get that project done? 👇 #timemanagement #Productivity #bestadvice #calendar #schedule #meetings https://lnkd.in/gJP_yDZU

Meetings aren’t free Meetings are the last resort, not the first option. Five people in a room for an hour isn’t a one hour meeting, it’s a five hour meeting. How often was it worth that? Could you have just written it up instead? Be mindful of the costs and tradeoffs.

"No meetings Fridays" are great...unless they create "All meetings Thursdays." The point should be to rethink how many meetings you actually need to have and trim off any unnecessary ones. Not to simply reshuffle your meetings into awkward time slots on other already busy days. When you do that you end up with people resentful that your meeting gets them up early, keeps them at their desk late, forces them to attend a meeting while choking down lunch...or just skipping your meeting entirely because it's too awkward/inconvenient. Not to mention stealing whatever focus time they might have been using to prepare for their next meeting, or actually do the action items from their last meeting. Does this need to be a meeting or could it just be an email?

Cost of meetings Use meetings wisely. They cost money. Example: • Number of attendees: 5 • Hourly rate per attendee: $200 • Duration of the meeting: 1 hour Total cost of the meeting: $1000 How much do your daily standups cost?

We asked, you answered! Here are some of your biggest meeting pet peeves. And we've gotta say… It’s “all of the above” for us! Not every meeting can be an email. And for all of the meetings you *do* book, here are some ways to have better meetings: 1️⃣ Always include an agenda! It can include time breakdowns for each topic, pre-reading materials, a simple discussion list — it’s up to you! 2️⃣ Follow up with next steps and action items. Don’t be a ghost host — once the meeting is over, follow up with next steps, remaining questions, and to-dos. 3️⃣ Avoid back and forth emails for scheduling: Nobody has time for that. Try sending a Meeting Poll to gauge availability, or provide your availability upfront for guests to choose from. (All of which, you guessed it, Calendly can do. 😉 💙) Use these tips to make your next meeting smooth and easy. #BetterMeetings

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Want to make your lunch break a little less boring and a little more helpful today? Join me from 12-1 EST as I share some tips and tricks for Making Meetings Better: https://lnkd.in/eFwmxnRV