If there’s one thing that bites my balls it’s figuring out a good time for everyone to get together for a natter, be it constructive to build business, or downright rumoursville.
Now more than ever we’re pulled seven ways of Sunday. How to sync?
We covered the nail-biting notion of getting things done a couple of days ago. Now let’s turn our focus to how to sync your calendar with A N Other so you find the perfect time to connect.
In times gone by the smartest way ahead was to use something called Timebridge. You sent an email to everyone you wanted to talk to, and by some alchemic discharge some of the group managed to get it on.
Timebridge went cooler when it launched meetwith.me. It somehow simplified the process and gave you the option of publishing your own calendar so people could dive in and propose up to five alternative times to meet with you. Lovely.
I like tungle.me - you should, too.
I’ve since discovered tungle.me and I’m smitten. In conjunction with WiseStamp (Firefox Addon here) I add my availability to my email signature so there’s no need for to-ing and fro-ing of emails (there was never any need to do this with Google Wave, you miserable axe-wielding web maniac bastards) and we can generally keep our inboxes litter free.
I love tungle.me more than meetwith.me because:
- It’s shiny, I just took the wrapping off, and it still smells vaguely of vanilla
- You can add your other social media profiles to your meeting/availability page
- Just now, I couldn’t get into my meetwith.me profile to show you. That’s a bit of a flaw, especially if I had to try and schedule a meeting right now with my financial advisor to help me avoid fiscal collapse.
I’d also like to introduce you to TungleRocks. It’s, as you might expect, redolent of Tungle. And it’s their YouTube channel. For kicks and giggles they put together a video featuring – dare I say it – ‘gurus’ of the online space talking about what they think will form the next generation of what we know as ‘calendars’. It makes for interesting eye fuel:
But WHAT IF I WANT TO MEET WITH MORE THAN ONE PERSON?!?!?
That’s a very good point. However and for the love of Jesus himself, please put the axe down.
I have a solution for arranging your next orgy appointment.
The rather cleverly-ascribed ScheduleOnce is the #1 go-to for all participants in a naked rugby scrum. Or besuited executives who just want to get it on in a corporate context.
I like ScheduleOnce because you propose – yes, you – a series of dates and times, and bash in the email addresses of everyone who you want to go jumble with. Then they add in all their available ‘slots’ and you select the perfect time and place for everyone concerned.
This is what I use to organise all of our Success Team meetings. And it works nicely. We generally find a time to suit everyone – but in cases when that doesn’t happen, it has nothing to do with the efficacy of ScheduleOnce, and everything to do with the varied time zones we operate across.
In summary
- To sort out 1-2-1 meetings, try tungle.me
- To initiate group meetings, go with ScheduleOnce.
Have you got any better ideas?