Tips, Advice and Best Practices for Efficient Meetings
The experts’ opinions are unquestionably clear: the meetings are synonymous with exasperating work for a multitude of managers. Regardless of where you work, the concept of an endless meeting sounds familiar to you. The notion of wasting time in meetings is...
We all agree that email is an integral part of our daily lives and that videoconferencing software has become essential with the increase in teleworking in recent years. After all, these tools are useful for meeting and communicating online. We can easily schedule our...
To organize optimal meetings for a board of directors or executive committee, there are many elements to consider: planning meetings, communication between members and directors, writing the agenda and minutes, managing documentation, making decisions, and tracking...
Who hasn't attended an endless meeting with the feeling that they are always getting away from the topic or without knowing the real relevance? Wasting precious time with meetings that are not always productive is very common. Even...
Do you have to prepare a board meeting and want to organize it well? There are obviously some basic practices to follow if you want to well organize your board meeting. Moreover, by being well prepared, you will have meetings that respect good governance practices....
The recording is omnipresent in our phone exchanges with our suppliers and partners. It has even become a habit to hear: “your call can be recorded or listened to”, to the point where we ignore it. With the advent of smartphones, spontaneous audio recording has become...
Many of you use a to-do list to manage team tasks or even a task management tool such as Todoist or ClickUp. I applaud you for using a tool to help you track all your tasks at work. But what about the tasks that come out of your meetings?...
Useful benefits of making a to-do list The main purpose of making a to-do list is to lighten the mind, to comfort us in all that we have to accomplish. It is to write down tasks that we do not want to forget, but above all, to reduce stress. This is...
I present to you my list of essential alternatives to PowerPoint to help you make your ordinary presentations to extraordinary. Of course, Beenote is your main tool for preparing your entire meeting, but there are must-have apps to discover and use to...
One of the biggest hurdles for companies to use new technology is the change of habits and the difficulty of adaptation. By using an intuitive and easy-to-use meeting management software, your entire meeting process is simplified. Here’s what the 3...
Taking notes in meetings is more than important, it’s fundamental. Here are 6 good reasons to take notes to have a better meeting in the end. 1. An essential reminder In meetings, we often say to ourselves: I’m not going to take notes, I’m going to remember! However,...
Many are saying loud and clear that when smartphones are allowed in meetings, some people waste their time (and sometimes the time of others) on Facebook, Instagram, and Co., or they answer their emails or they simply don’t follow the exchanges and thus interfere with...
It is always helpful to have your minutes of meeting on hand. Whether it is to review the list of decisions that were made or to find out who was in charge of this task. It is also a good source of information and reference for those who were present, as well as...
Writing a detailed agenda is a crucial step in any meeting planning. It allows you to be well prepared in addition to allowing participants to do the same. This document, which you normally send to all participants before the start of a meeting, should detail the...
Dernières nouveautés! The Comnet Technologie team is proud to announce the official release v.1.2 of Beenote which offers you a lot of new features including two major features: The ability to add your personal notes to meetings and off-site meetings.The...
Note-taking in meetings is an art that any good participant can acquire with patience, but especially with listening. Taking notes is a difficult task and I will outline here, the important steps to consider in order to be successful and have more effective...
There are some very simple tips to ensure more effective meetings. Whether it's for your team meetings, project management, or problem-solving meetings, there is an important foundation to know for optimal organization. 1. Invite the Right People The first tip is, I...
Are you a project manager who is tired of meetings that go in circles and don't result in any concrete decisions? Here are 7 tips to plan effective meetings that will help you simplify the administrative task, gain productivity and accomplish all your projects....
