Oslo Metropolitan University, known as OsloMet, had a meeting challenge that is common among organizations: It was difficult to coordinate information among participants, and they often expressed frustration trying to find the materials on subjects and issues discussed in previous meetings.
Norwegian industrial engineering company, Tronrud Engineering, uses Decisions to extend Office 365 with a meeting management solution that enables the organization to plan, organize and follow-through for more success meetings.
Read the complete case study on the Microsoft Better With blog.
Array Architects, a leader in designing healthcare facilities, was looking for a solution to help manage meetings with its board of directors.
Backe, a leading construction firm in Norway, needed a solution to improve its meetings. Leaders were spending upwards of 80% of their day in inefficient meetings, where the agenda was poorly planned, attendees were not prepared in advance, and follow-up items were frequently forgotten before they could be completed.
Pexip, the company behind modern video conferencing, had a meeting problem: The planning process was time-consuming and attendees were not coming prepared, leading to an unproductive experience for everyone.
Like many organizations, Pexip has a meeting problem: The process of planning meetings is time-consuming, while attendees are not prepared for them, leading to an ineffective experience for everyone.
Enter Decisions™. Decisions seamlessly integrates into Microsoft Office365, allowing organizations to plan, organize and run efficient meetings. The change for Pexip has only been positive. After adding Decisions to their meetings, Pexip meeting attendees show more participation in the planning and more responsiveness to action items.
With Decisions, you don't need Meeting Minutes!
"Meeting Minutes rendered obsolete!" So says the CFO of the Finance Department at TINE.
With Decisions software, built around Office 365, Tine has made changes in how they run their management meetings. One of the major changes is the culture around writing "Meeting Minutes". With the features Decisions and Tasks you don't really need Meeting Minutes.
When using Decisions
™, it is very easy to create
Tasks and
Decisions during the meeting. By taking the focus away from writing minutes and taking notes, you can focus on creating tasks and making decisions. Decisions
™ makes this very easy with it's task panel and decisions log. All you have to do is record tasks and decisions as you go along in the meeting. And once you are done with the meeting, you can easily find the list of your action items and decisions.
And then at the end of the meeting, if you want, you can easily add Meeting Minutes with just a few clicks! Check out our video to see how.
You can read the full article about how TINE uses decisions here (in Norwegian)
With Decisions, it is easy to focus on action items. But what makes it even better is that with our planner integration, the follow up is very easy. The tasks you create during a meeting will not just disappear; they will be easily available after the meeting so you can keep track. Experis Manpower Group has experienced this when using Decisions.
We agree with the CEO of Puzzel, Børge Astrup. When you have weekly meetings with high importance, it is crucial that those meetings are efficient and consistent. And that's where we come in.
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