A Faster Way to Schedule Meetings via Outlook?
From the Project Management 2.0 Blog
by Dave Garrett
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Situation: You spend too much time scheduling meetings.
Some people set aside blocks of time for catching up on email, phone calls, or some other endless ongoing task. Meetings can be that way too - and just the scheduling of them can take an incredible amount of time. There are many schools of thought on how to send a meeting request. Some say you send a specific time through Outlook and have that back and forth trying to find a time that works for both parties. Others say you should offer 3 different times over two days, offering both both morning and afternoon options in email - then send the outlook request. Outlook also allows you to share your availability with others with or without letting them know what you are "busy" doing.
Jiffle gives you yet another Outlook-integrated option thats sort of a mix of everything I've described above. With this tool you:
- pick time blocks that you want to leave open for meetings
- share those meeting time blocks with the people you need to meet with
- they select a time block when you send them a meeting request.
- you get an outlook confirmation.
Up to 10 meeting confirmations per month are offered as a free service.
There are quite a few of these web 2.0 scheduling services out there.
Timebridge is another that might be better for large groups. Everyone offers their availability, then people "vote" on which time to select.
Posted on: April 13, 2008 08:15 AM |
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Jaime Taylor
Senior Project Manager| Navitor Inc.
Saint Peter, Mn, United States
Thanks Dave – I am going to give Jiffle a shot. Scheduling meetings is a definite opportunity for me in terms of recouping time that can be better spent on more direct involvement. I would bet that my project administrator and I spend 1/3 of our time dealing with the back and forth nature of negotiating multiple high level multi-participant meetings and events. I would also bet that my two training coaches are running into the same issues. Thanks for the tip!
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