When people have the opportunity to contribute to a meeting agenda and prepare ahead of time, they feel more engaged and included in the conversation.

That’s why it’s recommended that you build an agenda before every meeting, collaboratively.

This will ensure that all talking points are recorded and that everyone at the meeting has a voice — especially if you have members of your team who are naturally a bit quieter.

Sometimes it can be difficult remembering what you wanted to talk about in a meeting. It's a busy world, and it's easy to forget.

Instead, save yourself some of the hassle by adding talking points directly to the note when you think of them, and encourage your team members to do the same.

This allows everyone to have a say, and to preview the talking points in advance. Plus it's a lot easier to write talking points gradually over the course of the week than frantically trying to remember 30 minutes before the meeting. Each talking point that gets added will also have the icon of the person who added it, so you can see how much or how little everyone is contributing.

Make it even easier to create an agenda just by adding talking points directly from Slack. If something comes up in a conversation, just add it directly to the agenda.

You can do this by selecting the "Add to Meeting notes" from the three dot drop down at the end of the line, or in "More message shortcuts"

Slack will also remind you to add to the agenda (depending on your settings)

Send the agenda to a particular Slack channel, Teams channel, or email to encourage your team to add in their own talking points.