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The COVID-19 lockdown has forced a shift in habit for millions of businesses, accelerating them into a flexible working era that, prior to the pandemic, seemed quite a way off. In this new era of working from home, businesses of all types have been forced to embrace remote working practices and solutions; enter online meetings.<\/p>\n

With virtual collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams, meeting with colleagues can be done at the simple click of button. Meetings are so easy that it seems workers are having more of them during these challenging times.<\/p>\n

Connected meeting notes software creator Hugo recently surveyed their customer base<\/a> to find out how their meeting habits were being affected by the shift to virtual. The results were surprising: \u201cthere\u2019s been no change in the average number of meetings per week. It\u2019s business as usual according to the data\u201d. Hugo found that while their customers were having fewer external meetings, internal virtual syncs had seen a 40% increase since January. \u201cTeams are trying to achieve alignment through more meetings; it\u2019s natural for businesses to use meetings as a tool to offset the disconnect associated with a rapid shift to remote working\u201d.<\/p>\n

Although virtually meeting more might appear to offer better collaboration for businesses, too many online meetings can lead to stress, procrastination and burning out. Here are our best practices for keeping your online meeting schedule effective and productive:<\/p>\n