Summit

Planning your meetings ahead and organizing everything you need to go through can go a long way, but even so, it’s easy to get distracted and disorganized if you’re not normally used to all of this. In the absence of a dedicated software solution, all you can do is jot down a few thoughts and pointers to push a meeting forward, but not much else beyond that.

That can change with Summit. It’s a software application that was specifically designed to help users plan, manage, and run meetings efficiently. This means dedicating time to important matters, maximizing productivity, and in some cases, even saving both time and money in the long run.

The program takes a thorough approach to meeting management, where no small detail is omitted. As such, users can set up a meeting and be as particular as they want about the details: name a meeting, specify its purpose and logistics, name its attendees, and go over the Agenda.

A highlight of the app is the Agenda menu, a clever reimagining of the bullet point lists most of us are used to. The Agenda Builder breaks down the typical progression of a meeting from beginning to end, helping users lead discussions naturally and cohesively. Attaching any relevant files so that you can have them ready is also possible in the app.

At its core, the Agenda’s goal is to minimize the limbo that is all too prevalent in business meetings, where nothing of importance is addressed and dead time piles on. It is thus no surprise to see the program emphasize the importance of assigning roles in a meeting, establishing its goals, and allocating a certain amount of time for certain topics.

It’s worth being as thorough as you can when creating the agenda for a meeting, as you can revisit anything you jotted down at any time, as well as log any notable decisions that transpired following the discussions.

Summit is an app whose usefulness is very much apparent from the jump. Its intuitive design works to facilitate organizing meetings, ultimately making them much less daunting through careful planning and consideration.