Most people have way too many meetings at work. This sucks. And it’s frustrating. Brain research now confirms what we have all experienced: back-to-back meetings are stupid. — Read on Brain Research Confirms Stupidity Of Back-to-Back Meetings There is a ton of research about how business works that can be used in a school setting,…
The how, where, why, and when we communicate. Long form asynchronous? Real-time chat? In-person? Video? Verbal? Written? Via email? In Basecamp? How do we keep everyone in the loop without everyone getting tangled in everyone else’s business? It’s all in here. Source: Guide to Internal Communication, the Basecamp Way It’s a long read, but well…
In his 2018 annual letter, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos repeated his rule that PowerPoint is banned in executive meetings. What Bezos replaced it with provides even more valuable insight for entrepreneurs and leaders. Source: Jeff Bezos Banned PowerPoint in Meetings. His Replacement Is Brilliant | Inc.com I shared on Twitter this week about our…
Dotstorming is a free service that can be used for meetings or in the classroom. Each session starts with a board, and items are added to the board. On the right side is a chat box that can be used for a back channel. Each item in the board can be voted upon by the…
Walking Dead In Schools: Faculty Meetings Several weeks into the new year, I am already hearing the same horror stories. The stories of destroying culture and creating zombies. Yes, it’s near Halloween, but it doesn’t have to be this way. What is it? Traditional Faculty Meetings. We know what they are, and we still subject…