Meeting Agenda Templates
Creating an Agenda Template When your Table meets regularly, a solid agenda template takes the guesswork out of preparation for Conveners and builds real capacity for Participants. That consistency becomes a practice your group gets better at together, freeing everyone to show up fully to the work that matters. To find it: Open your Group Planner Select Planner Tools (top right) Choose Advanced Tools Select Meeting Agenda Templates ![Table Settings showing the PFew readersDesigning & Facilitating Great Meetings
Designing & Facilitating Great Meetings Great meetings are absolutely essential to organizational alignment and progress. Meetings are where we learn and share information and updates; where we engage the diverse perspectives of our colleagues; and, where we make the decisions that propel organizational action. The 5 Essential Ingredients There are 5 essential ingredients to a great meeting: PurposeFew readersUnderstanding Your Meeting Space View
Understanding Your Meeting Space View || Looking for how-to instructions? This article explains the differences between what Participants and Group Leaders (GLs) see in Meeting Space. For step-by-step instructions, see: How to Use the Meeting Space. What you see in a JustOrg Design Meeting Space depends on your role. Group Leaders (GLs) have editing and facilitation tools. Participants see a streamlFew readersHow to Use The Meeting Space
How to Use the Meeting Space || Note for Participants: This article is written for Group Leaders who set up and run meetings. To understand what you can see and do as a Participant, see: Understanding Your Meeting Space View. Meeting Space is where your group's work gets captured as it happens. Instead of decisions scattering into email threads and documents no one can find later, everything livesPopularActions vs. Commitments
Commitments vs. Actions: When to Use Each Quick Reference Commitment: "Jordan will update the volunteer database this Friday" Individual promise made to the team/table during meetings Tracked within the group NOT on strategic reports Internal visibility only Action: "Recruit 15 youth participants for Chicago cohort by May 1" Strategic work that advances organizational strategies Created and tracked in the Planner APPEARS on strategic reports OrganizaSome readersUnderstanding And Using the JOD Capture Board In Meetings
Using the Capture Board The best ideas often emerge when everyone has space to contribute. The Capture Board gives your team a structured way to brainstorm together—where quieter voices get heard alongside louder ones, where ideas can be refined collectively, and where patterns become visible through upvoting and prioritization. || Traditional brainstorming often rewards whoever speaks first or loudest. The Capture Board changes that dynamic by giving everyone equal space to contribute, lettFew readers