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MeetingKing: Organize & Manage Meetings The Easy Way

Hammad — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:01:41 +0000

Are you looking for a simple way to organize meetings with your colleagues? If the answer to this simple question is yes, then you should give MeetingKing a try.

MeetingKing is a useful online tool, especially for business-oriented people who want to set up meetings, record meeting minutes, set up task reminders and much more. Once the meeting is finished, you can compile all the details in one place and send it to your colleagues, share documents, schedule follow up meetings and much more.

With MeetingKing, users can arrange one-on-one meetings, team meetings, board meetings and client meetings to be easily set up and managed without the use of any third-party application or software.

To get started, you must sign up for a free account on MeetingKing. Once registered, just go to the New Meeting/Task page, invite people, specify the time and location of the meeting and meeting agenda. You can either make it public or private meeting from the New Meeting page. Once the time and location are finalized, the members of the meeting will receive an email about the details.

Features

Free and easy to use.
Organize and track meetings.
Set up task and task reminders.
Does not require third-party software/add-ons/extensions.
Quickly setup meetings and keep track of them.
Similar tools: Meetin.gs, Flogs, Syncfriend and Calamander.

Check out MeetingKing @ www.meetingking.com

SaveMeeting: Record and Transcribe Meetings Using Your Android [2.2+]

Umar — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:01:03 +0000

Recording the audio of your meetings is easy; but it is all a different matter when you need to transcript the audio and share it with other meeting attendees. What you could use is an app that records audio, converts it to text, and let you share the audio as well as the transcription. This is precisely what an Android app called SaveMeeting offers.

SaveMeeting is a phone application for Android devices. The app is free, sized at 1.5 MB, and compatible with devices running Android version 2.2 or later. Using the app, you can begin recording audio anytime and upload it online by adding details to it. Details include meeting title, project title, meeting date, number of attendees, etc. Your recorded audio of a meeting is uploaded online to your SaveMeeting account and can be easily shared with other users on the site.

As mentioned, the app also converts the audio to text and makes the transcriptions available to its users.

Features:

A user-friendly phone app.
Compatible with Android devices.
Lets you record the audio of meetings.
Uploads audio to your online account.
Lets you organize meetings by adding details to them.
Generates transcriptions for recordings.
Similar tools: NoteRec,

Check out SaveMeeting @ https://market.android.com/details?id=com.savemeeting.sm (By Umar from AllthatIsApple)

Meetin.gs: Find Best Meeting Time & Share Meeting Related Documents

MOin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:01:42 +0000

With numerous parties involved, it is not easy to find a suitable time for a meeting. Sharing notes and documents for such a meeting for all attendees to come prepared is also a difficult process. Here to simplify both these tasks is a web service called Meetin.gs

Meetin.gs is a website that helps you schedule meetings by connecting with your Google Calendar (various other calendar services are also supported). After providing you with a landing webpage for the meeting the site can connect with the calendars of all the other attendees and recommend suitable meeting dates, helping to find a convenient date for all involved parties.

The meeting page has an added advantage of letting attendees share files and documents with one another. If there are any pre-meeting documents everybody should know about, the meeting page is where you should upload them.

The free account on Meetin.gs allows up to 6 attendees per meeting. You can remove this limit by opting for the site’s premium account.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you schedule meetings easily online.
Connects with Google Calendars to find convenient meeting date.
Creates a meeting page to share files and documents with other attendees.
Similar tools: Flogs, Syncfriend and Calamander.
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Check out Meetin.gs @ www.meetin.gs (by MOin from Urban Savior)

LetsMeetAndWork: Find Places In London & New York Offering Great Working Environments

MOin — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 23:01:03 +0000

Fortunately for people who cannot work at home, numerous places such as libraries and coffee shops provide sound environments that let you work in peace. Londoners can search for such places using the web app called Lets Meet And Work.

Lets Meet And Work is a simple to use web app that lists numerous places around London that offer great working environments. These places are marked on a moveable map of London that you can zoom in and out of. You can click on a marker to view details of a place; these details have been added by other site visitors who have contributed this information.

These details usually include a description of the place followed by the official website of the place, if available. In case you know of a place offering a wonderful working environment you can recommend it to be added in the site’s directory. This directory of places on the site is carefully curated by the site’s staff.

Features:

User-friendly and simple interface.
Works with Google Maps.
One click recommend button.
Great tool for professionals working on the move.
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Check out LetsMeetAndWork @ www.letsmeetandwork.com (via The Next Web) (by MOin from Urban Savior)

Rendezview: Choose Suitable Meeting Locations With Friends

Israel Nicolas — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:01:15 +0000

Do you often argue with your friends about where to go when you meet up? If you live in Canada, there is a web app you can use to find the most suitable meetup locations in the area. RendezView provides ideal place suggestions where you can meet your friends, based on where you are all coming from. With it, you can view places on a map between you and your friend’s current location.

To use RendezView, you will have to input the exact address of you and your friend (street address, postal code, town/city, and province). Then you have to indicate the type of place that you are looking for such as restaurants, bars, gas station, and more. You can then set the number of search results that you would like to see. Finally, choose whether you want to meet halfway with your friend, or if you want to specify how far you and your friend are willing to travel.

RendezView will display your search results in a Google map, along with a Venn diagram of you and your friend’s current location, to help you visualize the places that are suggested in your search results. Each search result also displays the corresponding distance from you and your friends.

RendezView is a very useful web app to help choose the best places to meet up in a place everyone can agree on.

Features:

Find the best places to meet up with your friend, based on both of your current locations.
Displays results in a map with a Venn diagram, helping you visualize the results more easily.
Specify the type of place you are looking for, as well as the number of search results.
You may specify how far you and your friend are willing to travel.
Free to use, no signup is needed.
Similartools: RendezvousSpot, Happymedian, and Mezzoman.

Check out Rendezview @ http://rendezview.ca

NoteRec: Record Meeting Audio & Take Notes [Android 2.1+]

Umar — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:01:31 +0000

People responsible for taking notes at meetings usually use diaries to record the minutes. But it can often be difficult to later recall which part of the meeting a particular note belongs to. Here to help you in this regard is an Android phone app called NoteRec.

NoteRec is sized at 1.4 MB and requires Android version 2.1 or later. The app lets you record the audio of your meetings and take notes during the recording using your phone. These notes act as textual annotations to the recorded audio. To check which part of the meeting your note belongs to, you simply go to where the audio was annotated.

In this simple way you can track back all your meeting notes and minutes to their origins.

Features:

A user-friendly phone application.
Compatible with Android devices.
Lets you record audio of meeting.
Lets you add textual annotations with meetings.
Helps trace back meeting notes to their source.

Check out NoteRec @ https://market.android.com/details?id=com.knowgear.noterec (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

Fasterplan: Easily Schedule Group Events With Friends

azim — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:01:05 +0000

Fasterplan lets you schedule a group event online. No need for registration, you simply enter your name and email and get a link to an online event billboard. Then you add participants along with their names and emails, who will automatically receive the event’s billboard link where they can make event suggestions. You then make a event poll (e.g. “what should we do?”) with different options (“watch a movie”, go out for dinner”, “make a picnic” etc) and add a calendar to choose a common date suitable for every participant.

As soon as everyone have voted for the event and selected a suitable time for them, you choose the most voted event and time that fits everybody. Then you make the final decision and everyone is notified.

You can watch the Fasterplan demo video below.

Features:

Plan group events with multiple participants ( friends, colleagues etc).
All the participants are notified by email automatically on every change to the event.
Every participant can make changes to the event – suggest/vote for event, select the time.
Similar tools: yaM, MeetMe, Congregar, MeetWithMe, Doodle, PermaTime, NeedtoMeet, MeetWithAgenda and TimeBridge.

Check out Fasterplan @ www.fasterplan.com

SimplyBookMe: Free Online Reservation Tool For Small Businesses

Umar — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:01:53 +0000

If you run a business that requires clients to book appointments before meeting with you – such as a dentist clinic – you will benefit from letting clients book appointments online. To do this you do not need your own website; all you have to do is pay a visit to SimplyBookMe.

SimplyBookMe is a free to use web service that helps you set up an online booking page for your business. Setting up the page is extremely simple: you pick out a username and enter the details for your business. Next you start sharing the public URL of the booking page with your friends. Visitors to the URL can select a date and time for the booking and leave their name and phone number. Available and unavailable slots are already indicated when somebody is booking an appointment.

Your SimplyBookMe dashboard shows all the bookings that have been made along with the booker’s details.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Creates an online booking page for your business.
Lets you include details of your business on your page.
Indicated available and unavailable slots on the booking page.
Lets people leave their details while booking.
Similar tools: Salonmonster, AcuityScheduling, Apptoto, Youcanbook.me, GooSync, Twittercal, FuseCal and RemiMe.
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Check out SimplyBookMe @ www.simplybook.me (By Umar from TechCityInc)

Scrambl: Easily Organize & Schedule Golf Outing With Friends

Umar — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 03:01:09 +0000

Golfing is not an activity you do every day. Many golfers only golf once a month with their friends. To ensure that your golfing date goes according to plan, you should ensure your selected time and course are convenient for your friends as well. Scrambl helps you do that.

After you create an account on the site you can add a list of friends and a list of golf courses. The golf courses are pre-fed into the system – you need only type in a few of the initial letters and select the course from the given list. With your friends and courses added, you can create a golfing date plan by selecting the dates and times suitable to you.

Next you can add the courses you want and the list of friends you want to invite. Your friends are invited via email. When they visit the event page they can select the times and courses convenient for them. They can also leave comments on the event page. This way it will be easier for you to select an appropriate course and time for your golfing date.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you easily schedule golfing dates with friends.
Lets you add a list of golf courses and friends.
Creates an event page and sends out email invitations.
Lets you friends indicate their convenient times and courses.

Check out Scrambl @ www.scrambl.com (By Umar from TechCityInc)

minutes.io: Easily Take & Share Meeting Minutes Online

azim — Mon, 30 May 2011 23:01:17 +0000

If you ever wanted a simple way to take and share minutes of a meeting, check out minutes.io. It is a light and intuitive web-based app for minutes taking. It is free and requires no registration or sign in. Simply go to their website, enter details (minute taker, list of attendees) and start adding minutes.

A minute can be of the type TODO, INFO, OKAY or IDEA and you should specify a due date for every minute. You can add as many minutes as you want and once the meeting is over, press the mail button on the top left to email every attendee the minutes details.

Your session is automatically saved in the browser, so you can view all the minutes (sent or drafts) and a list of attendees later from the computer you took the minutes’ the first time. If you plan to use the app for additional minutes later, add the list of additional attendees along with their email addresses, so when you open up minutes for a new meeting in the future, this information will be automatically inserted.

Once the meeting is over, email each attendee the minutes’ details.

Features:

Take minutes of a meeting right from your browser.
Use for as many meetings as you want.
All the minutes’ and relevant details are automatically saved and available on that computer in the future.
Add list of attendees in advance and insert this info automatically in future minutes.
Free, no registration needed.

Check out Minutes.io @ www.minutes.io