How to Create a Weekly or 1:1 Meeting
Important Information
Meeting creation is a one-time setup process. Meetings are intended to be reused each week.
Only supervisors and account admins can create meetings.
Create a New Meeting (Better Bloom)
1. Navigate to the Meetings List from the left navigation bar and Click the “+” Sign
2. Type the name of your meeting under the General Section.
3. Select the Meeting Type:
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Leadership
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Departmental
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1:1 Meeting
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Other
4. Choose the Agenda Type:
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Weekly Meeting: Default agenda includes Check-In, Goals, Metrics, Headlines, To-Dos, Issues, and Wrap-Up.
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1:1 Meeting: Default agenda includes Check-In, To-Dos, Issues, and Wrap-Up.
5. Add Attendees Include the participants for the meeting.
6. Edit Meeting Permissions Adjust the permissions for attendees:
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Can View: Allows users to view the meeting content only.
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Has Full Edit: Users can view, create, and edit meeting content.
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Is Admin: Recommended for meeting leaders. Admins can view and edit meeting content as well as adjust meeting settings.
7. Add Non-Attendees (Optional) If needed, you can grant access to users who don't attend the meeting but require access to its data, such as supervisors.
8. Click “Launch Meeting” Once all the details are set, click “Launch Meeting” to finalize and start the meeting. You can add content directly from the meeting it self or the Meeting Workspace.
Create a New Meeting (Legacy Version)
- Click Meetings in the top menu bar.
- Click +Create New Meeting (upper right), and choose the type of meeting you'd like to create from the drop-down menu.
- The Weekly meeting type includes the Metrics, Goals, Headlines, to-dos, and issues.
- A 1:1 Meeting type only includes the issues and To-dos.
- If you need to adjust the agenda after meeting creation, see this article: Editing a Meeting Agenda
- Enter the Meeting Name
- Choose the Type of Team from the drop-down menu. A Leadership team will have the full Business Plan including the Future Focus, whereas the Department, 1:1 Meeting, and Other will only have the Short-Term Focus.
Add Attendees
- Click Attendees on the left.
- Click the blue [+] button on the right-hand side.
- Use the search bar to find existing users in Bloom Growth, click their name in the drop-down to complete adding an attendee.
- OR to add a new user
- Click the OR CREATE NEW on the right.
- Enter the required information, including name, email, and position.
- Check the boxes to Send Email Invite or to mark them as a Placeholder.
- People Tools Only will be an option only if the People Tools have been activated on your account.
- If you check the Placeholder User box, an email address will not be required and the person will NOT receive an invite to Bloom Growth. Placeholder users are most commonly used to populate the Org Chart.
- Leadership Team Member is for marketing purposes only.
- Click Save to complete adding a new user
Add Content
Click on each section in the Agenda on the left (under Basics & Attendees; the 1-7 options). Use the blue [+] button (on the right side to create a new item in each section.
Edit Existing Meeting
- Click Meetings in the menu bar.
- Click Edit Meeting on the gear icon button to the right of your meeting
- Add the desired item just by clicking the blue [+] button (on the right side to create a new item in each section.