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This is a collection of advice on how to run effective meetings in remote organisations.
<aside> 💡 The golden rule is to maximize the value of every minute of synchronous meeting time.
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If you don’t need a meeting, don’t have one. Use asynchronous communication instead. We need to think very carefully about what we're trying to achieve with a meeting. If we can achieve a similar result without taking up precious synchronous time, we should do that instead.
See Asynchronous Working for more on this.
Make sure you you know how to use your calendar software properly, and establish company-wide conventions for how to schedule, reschedule and run meetings. Using calendars effectively is incredibly important, and not that hard. For some basic guidelines, check out the guides below.