Doodle
One of the frustrating things about setting up meetings with others is the fact that not everyone is on the same calendaring system you are. This being the case, you can’t quickly determine if a person is free during a time you want to schedule your meeting. Sure, you could create a shared Google calendar, but if your meeting attendees aren’t Google users (gasp!) then you need to find something that caters to the lowest common denominator.
I came across Doodle about a month back, and it is elegant in its simplicity. Basically, if you want to schedule a meeting, but don’t know when is the best time for your attendees, you can pick a number of dates/times and have your buddies pick which date would work best for them. No membership is required to use Doodle (either for the administrator/creator or the recipient).
You create the parameters for the poll/meeting schedule, then pick some options (limit one choice per user, for example), allow comments, etc. – and bam! You’re done. Send out the link to the poll provided to you by Doodle, and the site will do the rest.
When a recipient comments on or answers a poll, you will get a notification – very easy! Doodle also provides a quick summary of all poll results.
I can’t tell you how much schedule-wrangling I saved myself by using Doodle. Again, the idea is ridiculously simple, but Doodle executes perfectly. This is one service you need to check out.
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