HBR Guides to Being an Effective Manager Collection (5 Books) (HBR Guide Series)

APPENDIX E

Digital Tools to Make Your Next Meeting More Productive

by Alexandra Samuel

Meetings may seem like the ultimate holdout against the digitization of working life: After all, what’s more analog than talking directly with another person? Even though the core work of a meeting—listening to and connecting with other people—hasn’t changed, there are lots of ways technology can make that work easier and more effective. Given how much of our working lives we spend in meetings, building a digital meeting toolkit is one of the smartest investments you can make in tech-savvy productivity. Here are the tools you need.

Before Your Meeting

Find a group meeting time with Doodle, which lets you poll the various people who are part of your meeting ...