Seemingly everyone who is not a meeting scientist has a theory or piece of research to support the claim that you should turn off your camera during meetings, most recently in this Harvard Business Review article. None of this new research conjoins camera activity to...
It is sadly not widely known that there are two ways to shorten default meetings for Outlook: With Office365, it's just a few clicks away: Settings > Calendar > Events and Invitations > If you're not used to using the browser-based version of Outlook, then...
The team at First Round Capital recently published a 25-tip guide to running executive meetings. There are some helpful tips to put in your pocket for your next executive meeting. At the same time, we found that the list missed 7 scientifically proven ways to improve...
Not returning to the office for a while? Possibly forever? Here are 34 tips on how to make the most of your home/remote office. Some starters: Create a dedicated space for your office Start working when you normally start your commute, not when you'd normally get to...
Companies that prioritize employee health and wellness will be protected from the 'great departure' that's projected for the next 18-24 months as individuals re-evaluate their work-life balance in the wake of COVID. We believe that prioritizing wellness starts with...
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In partnership with our Members, we've worked hand-in-hand to study the habits of highly successful meetings in 2020. And over 100K meetings later, we see patterns emerge that drive peak meeting performance. Here are 5 simple ways that you can get the most from your...
We're excited to announce the release of Ratings 2.0 for all MeetingScience Members! In this blog post, we'll share a little bit more about the history of MeetingScience ratings and why we made the investment to build the next generation of rating capabilities....
From CNN Business comes this article, a follow-up to the research revealed earlier in August which shows an increase in meeting load and strain during the pandemic. CNN canvassed several companies on what they're doing to reduce meeting load during the pandemic,...
Feeling overworked? You're not alone. A study of 3.1 million workers around the world found that the pandemic workday is longer and has more meetings. You can read more about the study in Bloomberg here, the research background summary here, and the full research...
Laura Vanderkam is the author of several time management books including Off the Clock and 168 Hours. In this Medium piece, she shares the question that she asks before calling a meeting: What crucial change will result from bringing people together, that could not...
Do you work from home or live at work? In this article from The New York Times, David Streitfeld explores the history of remote work, its proponents, and its opponents. For instance, while remote work can increase the diversity of the labor pool - no longer shackled...
David Gelles writes for the Corner Office column for The New York Times. In this article, he interviews leaders from Chegg, Cisco, EventBrite, Microsoft, Pierpont Communications, Splunk, and Affirm to investigate the rise or fall of pandemic productivity and how...
Meetings - they are a part of life, but they don't need to be a way of life. In this interview, Eric Porres, Founder & CEO of MeetingScience, sits down (remotely) with Brad Berens, Editor in Chief of the IAB, to talk about what's changed to our meeting practices...
Tammy Sun, the quintessential Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur, fired off an uncharacteristically low-tech Tweet recently. “Zoom fatigue has me wanting a landline and a rotary phone,” wrote the founder and CEO of Carrot, a startup that provides fertility benefit plans...
Those of us who present, facilitate, and teach for a living understand the importance of developing a personal connection with an audience. It’s critical to be and feel natural; to make people laugh, feel at ease, and fully engage — and perhaps even lose themselves —...