The fundamental unit of most collaborative processes — for better or for worse — is the meeting. Our abilities to design and facilitate meetings effectively is a critical element of high-performance collaboration. These are tools that I’ve developed and use to help with this:
We developed these Google Docs / Google Presentation meeting templates at Groupaya, and I continue to refine them. They’re useful as a sort of meeting checklist, because they remind you to get clear on goals and key logistical information. They’re particularly valuable for real-time, collaborative note-taking.
To use, click on the links to open Google Docs, then select File > Make a copy… in the menu.
Meeting Notes
Google Doc (Last updated: February 2014)
Meetings Log
Multiple meeting notes all in one document.
Google Doc (Last updated: January 2016)
Meeting Venues Checklist
See the Meeting Venues Checklist.
Simple Meeting Design
For simple meetings (day-long or less).
Meeting Design (Preparation)
Co-create a more complex, facilitated meeting design (day-long or more).
Meeting Design (Performance)
Format optimized to guide facilitators / support team during a more complex, facilitated meetings (day-long or more).
Meeting Retrospective
See the Retrospective toolkit.
History
November 20, 2018
- Moved Retrospective to its own page
February 1, 2017
- Added Simple Meeting Design template
January 26, 2015
- All: Updated fonts and colors to new Faster Than 20 styles
- Meeting Design (Preparation): Incorporated updated Goal Template.
- Meeting Design (Preparation): Expanded and reorganized sections.
- Meeting Design (Preparation): Added high-level design / agenda with links to facilitator notes. (Inspired by Forward Together.)
- Meeting Design (Preparation): Added jump links to the top. (Inspired by Forward Together.)