{"id":2822,"date":"2018-04-05T21:50:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T21:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2822"},"modified":"2024-05-13T16:10:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T16:10:29","slug":"introduction-to-scheduling-a-meeting","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs\/chapter\/introduction-to-scheduling-a-meeting\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Scheduling a Meeting","rendered":"Introduction to Scheduling a Meeting"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you'll learn to do:\u00a0Use common planning tools to schedule business meetings<\/h2>\r\nObviously, before you conduct a meeting, you need to plan and schedule it. Often, getting everyone in the same space\u2014physical, mental, or cyber\u2014is the most challenging aspect of having a meeting. Luckily, there are sites and software that can make planning and scheduling a lot easier.\r\n\r\nFor planning, there are polling tools, such as SurveyMonkey.\r\n\r\nFor scheduling, there are two kinds of tools:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scheduling sites, such as Doodle and Calendly.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheduling tools on your company\u2019s calendar software, such as Outlook, Google Calendar, or Mac Calendar. We\u2019ll talk about these in a bit.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<h2>What you&#8217;ll learn to do:\u00a0Use common planning tools to schedule business meetings<\/h2>\n<p>Obviously, before you conduct a meeting, you need to plan and schedule it. Often, getting everyone in the same space\u2014physical, mental, or cyber\u2014is the most challenging aspect of having a meeting. Luckily, there are sites and software that can make planning and scheduling a lot easier.<\/p>\n<p>For planning, there are polling tools, such as SurveyMonkey.<\/p>\n<p>For scheduling, there are two kinds of tools:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scheduling sites, such as Doodle and Calendly.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheduling tools on your company\u2019s calendar software, such as Outlook, Google Calendar, or Mac Calendar. 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