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7. Post-meeting: Send a summary and actionable 

points to everyone 

A big part of having great meetings is what you 

do after the meeting is over. 

If you started taking notes regularly as I suggested in point 

#1, you’re off to a good start. That will give you something 

to look back on to remember what you discussed, and can 

even help your decision-making moving forward as you 

have a clearer picture of how things are progressing. 

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However, don’t stop there. You want to take this benefit 

and distribute it to your team. To do that, after each 

meeting, have you or another team member send a 

summary of that meeting, actionable points, and anything 

else notable as a recap to all attendees.  

This helps move the needle on topics discussed in the 

meeting by highlighting what actions need to be taken 

post-meeting. It does no good to make a decision, but then 

not act on it; in fact, that’s exactly how you end up having 

a series of meetings that feel like a broken record. 

Make it clear what has to happen and who needs to do 

what by when. This will also then make it much clearer 

when a next meeting really needs to be, instead of 

arbitrarily meeting every week. 

Plus, as Tettra co-founder Andy Cook points out, it can 

also be used to help people who missed the meeting or 

need to be informed later: 

21/ Having an archive of almost every discussion, decision, and 

document has been hugely valuable over the years. We now 

have historical context of everything we've done to make better 

decisions moving forward. 

— Andy Cook (@AndyGCook) January 8, 2020 

This is especially relevant right now due to COVID and 

everyone being remote. 

Asynchronous communication becomes key to making 

sure everyone stays in the loop and communication is 

smooth; you can’t quickly give the rundown to a coworker 

in your office who wasn’t in a meeting but happens to sit 

next to you. However, you can share meeting notes, which 

anyone can review any time, anywhere. 

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Speaking of working remotely… 

 

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