meetings
6 Surefire Ways to Run More Effective Meetings and Save Time
Being in a meeting and not knowing what you’re there for is never a good use of your time. Especially, when there’s pressing work waiting to be done right when you get out of a very ambiguous meeting. Many meetings are unproductive and end without reaching a consensus or clear decisions. In fact, a Bloomberg […]
6 types of meetings that are worth your time (and 3 that aren’t)
The secret to good meetings? Knowing when you actually need one.
How to Reduce Meetings & Make Collaboration Easier
We’ve all been there: Leaving the conference room at the end of an hour-long “catch up” thinking: While the average amount of time spent in meetings a week is around four hours (not so bad), more than 15% of us are spending 12+ hours, and 5% are even exceeding 20 meeting hours a week. That’s […]
How to run a remote retrospective and have fun doing it
Bringing this time-honored team tradition into the virtual world is easier than you might think. Here are a few pointers.
Nonverbal Communication Cues To Feel More Human on Video PT. 2 – Body Language
Pt. 2 Building an Authentic Body Language Vocabulary for Video This post is part of a larger series on nonverbal communication cues for video. Body Language is the most popular component of nonverbal communication, and particularly over video, it can be the loudest. While the virtual playgrounds we find ourselves in may feel small, […]
How we started a No Meeting Day at Loom
The last few years have brought massive changes to the work world. Even before the pandemic, companies were starting to turn towards more flexibility, more remote and hybrid work, and more… meetings. Prior to the pandemic’s acceleration of overwhelming meeting culture, 71% of managers said meetings were “costly and unproductive.” And since the onset of […]
What Is Zoom Fatigue? 7 Proven Ways To Combat Zoom Burnout
Zoom fatigue is real, and it’s hurting people’s productivity, focus, and, in some cases, even their mental health. A research study by Stanford professors found that frequent and prolonged video calls drain remote workers and tire them much faster than in-person interactions. But with remote work and videoconferencing on the rise, do you have a […]
How to determine if ‘that meeting’ is really necessary
Are all meetings equally necessary (or even the most effective) for meaningful collaboration?
How to run effective meetings in the era of hybrid work
Meetings shouldn’t keep you from your “real work.” If structured right, meetings *are* where work gets done.
5 fun sprint retrospective ideas with templates
This is a guest post by Miro. A sprint retrospective is a great way for your team to reflect on the previous sprint, the work that was done, the goals achieved, and generate ideas for improvement. The trick is to change up the format every once in a while – retros quickly become stale if […]
Quick Tips From Loommates: Capture High-Level Details In Short Video Messages
When teams grow fast, it can be hard to keep tabs on what everyone works on from each week. As a brand designer, along with trying to catch up on what design projects my teammates have in progress, I also want to stay connected with them and our broader design cohort in an increasingly digital […]
How & Why Loom Adopted Asynchronous All-Hands Meetings
Although the term “asynchronous meeting” may sound like an oxymoron, how many meetings have you sat through that could have just as well been a Slack message or email? Probably too many, considering how much much meeting time is spent on one-to-many information dissemination. More than 31 hours per month are spent in unproductive meetings, and […]
5 tips for kickass kick-off meetings
A good kick-off meeting will unite your project team with a shared understanding of what you’re doing and why.
Want to create better all-hands meetings? Here’s how
You don’t need celebrity MCs or flash mobs to make all-hands meetings engaging. Here’s how we do it.
When meetings attack! (Or, how to reclaim your daily schedule)
Use this bit of calendar alchemy to reclaim your daily schedule.