Know which meetings need homework
A morning list of the next 48 hours of meetings that need prep, so nothing important gets winged
- Runs while your laptop is closed
- Reports in Littlebird and by email
- Free plan includes 5 routines
Three meetings in the next 48 hours need prep from you.
- Birdseed Brands review, today at 2:00 PM: read the agenda in Dana Whitfield's invite and pull the Q3 campaign results.
- Perch & Partners renewal, tomorrow at 10:00 AM: last week's call left the seat count question open, so bring current numbers.
- Hiring panel, tomorrow at 3:00 PM: Sam Ortiz joins for the first time and needs a brief on the two finalists.
The problem
The worst meeting is the one you prepare for in the elevator. The agenda was sent three days ago, the deal matters, and your prep window was the forty seconds before you said hello.
Prep does not fail from laziness. It fails because nobody told you this meeting needed it, early enough to matter.
What it does
Every morning, this routine lists the meetings in the next 48 hours that need work from you: agendas to read, numbers to pull, people to brief.
You get a queue, not a vague feeling of being behind. Do the prep in order, and the important meetings stop being improvised.
Try the prompt
Copy it into a new Littlebird routine, then set the days and times that fit your schedule
- Open Littlebird and go to Routines. Open the menu next to New Routine and choose Set up manually.
- Paste the prompt into Instructions, then set the days and time under Run.
- Littlebird runs it on schedule from then on. You can pause or edit it anytime. Auto-pause is on by default and pauses it if reports go unread.
You can also choose Create with Littlebird and describe the routine in chat.
Every morning list all meetings in the next 48 hours that need prep work from me
Why make it a routine?
You could ask a chat which meetings deserve homework, if you pasted in your calendar and remembered to ask two days ahead. Nobody does that on the morning that matters.
This routine reads Google Calendar and your Littlebird meeting history on its own each morning: the next 48 hours, ranked by open threads, stakes, and how long since you last spoke.
The prep list arrives before the day starts, while there is still time to do the prep.
Frequently asked questions
How does it decide what needs prep?
It looks at the next 48 hours of meetings and weighs recency of contact, open threads, and meeting size. You can tune the criteria in the prompt.
Does it do the prep for me?
It organizes the queue. The prep itself is faster with Littlebird briefs, but the routine's job is telling you where to spend the time.
Can I try it without paying?
Yes. Routines run on the free Basic plan, and Plus starts with a 14-day free trial. After that, Plus is $17 a month ($20 month-to-month).
Will my meeting data stay private?
Yes. Your data is never sold, and Littlebird is SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and CCPA aligned.
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