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Not okay to take notes at meetings?

I started working at a new job, and have made it a point to take notes at every meeting, of 2 to many people. So far it's worked well for me. I take notes so often and end up rewriting them in ...
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Finding possible meeting dates between parties via intersecting calendar files

In my experience, finding a date for a meeting is often hard if all members of the meetings have full schedules. However, one easy approach to find possible date would be to simply compute the ...
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Where should I take (and store) notes during meetings on different subjects?

I've got various meetings on a variety of subjects. In some I take a lot of notes, in others, not so much. How should I manage/organize these notes? I don't want to have a separate notebook for each ...
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Is there a way to schedule a break for long meetings in Google Calendar?

We have a couple of planning meetings a week that last about 4-5 hours, and would like to add a break every hour. Like option to add reminders, is there a way to add breaks in a meeting? We are ...
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How to increase ability to “think on your feet”?

I am not sure whether this question is appropriate for this forum. But still I would share my reason for posting it. During official meetings (and even shouting matches and arguments) to substantiate ...
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How to schedule a group meeting for free?

I'm looking for a way to find a common time to schedule a meeting among 3 or more people; this can be really frustrating, but for example, an online service could help a lot. Are there any free ...
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Methods for reducing time spent in meetings

One of the biggest hits to productivity is time lost in meetings. Are there any methods to avoid unnecessary meetings and improving the productivity of the meetings that are held?
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Under the Pomodoro Technique, what should I do if I know something will interrupt a pomodoro?

I looked in The Pomodoro Technique book and didn't see this referenced, but what should you do if you know you can't finish a Pomodoro? Let's just say I'm using 25 minute work blocks and 5 minute rest ...
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How to conduct update status meetings, that are productive and time efficient [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Methods for reducing time spent in meetings In my organization there is a priority project that has a status update meeting every Wednesday, and the only subject is to ...