{"id":1827,"date":"2016-06-02T16:43:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T15:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yanado.com\/blog\/?p=1827"},"modified":"2016-06-19T13:40:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T12:40:16","slug":"how-to-use-yanado-for-running-effective-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yanado.com\/blog\/how-to-use-yanado-for-running-effective-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Use Yanado For Running Effective Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is part of our How To Use Yanado<\/a> series<\/em><\/p>\n

In our 7 Rules For Running Effective Meetings<\/a>, we tackled the most common issues associated with inefficient meetings, and provided some essential guidelines on increasing meeting productivity.<\/p>\n

This is where we go practical. We will show you how you can put these guidelines in use, and how project management tool such as Yanado can help you with running your meetings.<\/p>\n

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Now, there are a variety of tools out there that are specifically made for this purpose. And they all work. Still, choosing one will add one more tool to the list of tools you already are using on your daily work basis. How overburdened with different tools are you already?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say you decide to use a specific tool to facilitate a meeting. At the end, there will be a bunch of outputs and assigned actions steps to be accounted for.<\/p>\n

To keep track of it all, you will probably need to jump back to your project\/task management tool, or any kind of team collaboration tool that you are already using.<\/p>\n

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But, wouldn\u2019t be easier not to have to jump from tool to tool to be able to get the job done? At least, it could be less confusing and waste less time.<\/p>\n

So, this is where we suggest you to run and track your meetings within the same tool you already use for organizing and tracking your work.<\/p>\n

And, we will show you how you can do this with Yanado.<\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s take a step by step.<\/p>\n

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Step #1 Create The List For Meetings<\/h2>\n

First, you need a place where you can visualize and track the flow of your meetings, and also make it accessible for everyone on the team.<\/p>\n

In Yanado, you do this as you create a separate List<\/em> and name it “Meetings”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Use the Invite<\/em> to put everyone on your team to this List<\/em>, so they can stay accountable with meetings they attend.<\/p>\n

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Step #2 Create The Meeting Statuses<\/h2>\n

To be able to track the flow of your meetings and to keep everyone on the team accountable, you will need to create specific Statuses<\/em>. These will reflect the state in which your meetings and the work associated with them are.<\/p>\n

We suggest you create the following Statuses<\/em>:<\/p>\n