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I would love to take credit for this idea .. but it was all Dan Caruso’s.

Dan said something like, “Wouldn’t it be great if we could have our meeting agenda online with links to all of the presentations?”

We’d been using Google Groups for online collaboration and we thought this tool might work for an online agenda.  By restricting members, only those invited to the group would be able to see the Agenda and materials.   Because the tool was Google, members would be able to upload and access meeting materials from anywhere.

Today, I will show you how to set up a Google Group.  Over the next several days, I will show how we modify the group to be used as an agenda.

First, go to Google and select Groups from the menu at the top of the page.

 
It only takes 3 steps to create a group. 

Step 1, click “Create a group”

Then, you will either sign in or create a Google account.

Step 2, Set up the group.

1. Name the group
2. Write a description
3. Choose an “Access level” (I chose restricted - because on those invited to the group will have visibility)
4. Click “Create my group”

Step 3, Invite members now, or skip this step and invite members later.  (I usually invite members later, after I get the group set up)

The group is now created (see below)  … stay tuned for more details on how to make the group work for an online agenda.