{"id":8418,"date":"2022-07-23T12:43:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T08:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/?p=8418"},"modified":"2025-03-13T18:10:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T14:10:26","slug":"remote-meetings-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krisp.ai\/blog\/remote-meetings-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Remote Meeting Tips Everyone Should Know (But Doesn\u2019t)"},"content":{"rendered":"

By now, most of us have probably attended so many virtual meetings that we\u2019re numb to them. We just show up, throw on a fake smile, and hope the meeting actually ends on time this time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If that\u2019s the case, I invite you to look at this topic with new eyes: If you spend hours of your week taking calls as you work from home, shouldn\u2019t you be doing it right?<\/span><\/p>\n

So before you hop on your next call, be sure to read about these game-changing remote meetings tips.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Sometimes, an agenda isn\u2019t enough.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Yes, you should always have a meeting agenda. But beyond that, it\u2019s helpful to provide context around <\/span>who<\/span><\/i> is attending and what their role is in the scope of the meeting and its topic. This is particularly true for cross-functional collaborations, where people from different teams or organizations who have not met before are coming together to solve a problem or work on a project. You can save time on introductions if you do this and ensure everyone is in the loop.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. There <\/span>is<\/span><\/i> an ideal meeting attendee number: fewer than 10 people<\/span><\/h2>\n
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  1. Richard Hackman<\/span>, who was a professor of organizational psychology at Harvard, spent years studying effective teams and concluded: \u201cMy rule of thumb is that no work team should have membership in the double digits (and my preferred size is six), since our research has shown that the number of performance problems a team encounters increases exponentially as team size increases.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now, this will depend on the type of meeting. If you\u2019re hosting an all-hands, and your organization has 200 people, you\u2019ll have to break this rule. But it\u2019s just a general guideline: try to keep your meeting attendees to fewer than 10. Any more than that, and it\u2019s diminishing returns.<\/span><\/p>\n

    3. Draft a remote meetings policy for your workplace.<\/span><\/h2>\n

    Your remote meeting policy should address questions like:<\/span><\/p>\n