Sydney startup Meetric has one clear goal: to help the world have better and more effective meetings.
Meetric, which was funded by Antler’s Accelerator Program in April 2020, plans to change how meetings are conducted.
From calendar and video conferencing integrations, agenda preparation, and note-taking, to meeting timers, shared to-do lists and email reminders, Meetric’s focus on accountability transforms the way businesses host meetings.
By connecting with Google Calendar (Microsoft integration is coming late 2021), Meetric also enables users to have one clear reference point for all of their meetings notes, with notes linked directly to events in a user's calendar.
Regular meetings are riddled with communication problems like poor agenda prep, unorganised notes, and unclear next steps. Meetric addresses these and provides a tool to streamline these problems through a shareable, traceable, and actionable meeting notes.
Key features of Meetric:
Capturing meeting notes: The platform allows users to easily capture notes in real-time with others in the meeting (just like a Google Docs) or privately. Notes can be viewed through the platform and user’s calendars, as well the option to email them to all participants at the end of a meeting.
Shared to-do list: Alongside notes, tasks with deadlines can be assigned to any meeting participants. Reminders are sent directly to individuals to hold team members accountable and ensure tasks are completed on time.
Meeting history: Related meetings are linked together (for example, recurring meetings or 1-1s), making it simple to refer back to past meetings and see what actions are still outstanding, so nothing gets lost.
Built for meetings: Unlike traditional note-taking and task management tools, Meetric is built for the purpose of meetings: it can import the agenda, display the guest list, suggest an icebreaker, and keep track of time. It works with the tools already in use: Through its Chrome extension, users can access their Meetric meeting notes and tasks directly in Google Calendar or live in a Google Meet or a Microsoft Team meeting without switching windows.
Paul Boudet (pictured), Meetric co-founder and CEO says: “Meetric is the missing thing in your calendar. For a given event, your calendar will tell you who will be there (guest list), where it’ll be hosted (location/video link), and why you are meeting (description/agenda).”
He adds: “But there’s one important missing piece—the what. What actually happened in the meeting: the key points in the conversations, the decisions made, and the next steps. Calendars help us prepare for meetings but do not help us run or follow-up on them.”
“Meetric is that missing piece,” he notes.
Boudet concludes: “Other meeting tools focus on transcription as being the next big thing to transform workplace meetings, but for 90% of them, we believe transcription is not the answer. Transcribing a one-hour meeting into a 10-page document does not improve clarity and accountability—but writing the key things down, for everyone to see, does. We have all heard this before: ‘If it is not written down, it did not happen.’ This is very true with meetings.”
Meetric is a Google verified app partner and is currently available for free. Slack & Microsoft integrations are planned for late 2021.
