Meeting Maker: Tips and Helpful Links

Bates College supports Meetingmaker 8.7 for scheduling and calendar software for use by the faculty and staff of the College. If you would like a Meetingmaker account, please contact  Help Desk Services x8222 (staff need their supervisor to make the account request). Meetingmaker provides a convenient way to coordinate the schedules of people who work together. Use Meetingmaker to do the following tasks:

Plan and schedule meetings: Send invitations and schedule recurring meetings. Meetingmaker’s Auto-Pick feature finds the earliest time that all required guests can attend your meeting. Please use http://events.bates.edu to schedule meeting rooms.

Organize your personal calendar: Organize your personal calendar and keep other Meetingmaker users aware of your availability for meetings. Meetingmaker also reminds you of upcoming meetings and activities.

Let someone else keep track of your calendar: Assign a proxy to arrange your meetings, answer your messages, and schedule your activities. You can control whether the proxy can read or update your calendar, and whether or not the proxy sees descriptions of your activities or to-do items. Note: Proxies are people you assign to help manage your calendar (such as a secretary or supervisor).

Maintain a list of tasks: Use the To-Do List to organize and prioritize important tasks. You can also assign to-do tasks to other people who are part of your meetingmaker environment.

Print your schedule: Print your schedule in sizes to fit your choice of popular personal organizers, including Day-Timer®, Day Runner®, Franklin Day Planner, and Dynodex.

Take your calendar with you: You can use your Meetingmaker calendar even when not connected to the network by working "offline."

Synchronize your calendar with a handheld device: You can synchronize your Meetingmaker calendar with Palm OS platform handheld devices, such as those made by Palm and Handspring. Upcoming upgrades to Meeting Maker will necessitate a separate installation for conduits (unlike previous versions where it was part of the initial program's installation), please do not hesitate to contact Help Desk Services for assistance with synching your device to the newest version of the software.

Related Links:

• Meeting Maker: Changing your Password & Secure Login Settings
• Meetingmaker use guide (from Wellesley College)
• Meetingmaker & Palm Mac or Win (from Wellesley College)
• PeopleCube (Meeting Maker manufacturer) Meeting Maker product feature website
• PeopleCube Support (need to create an account) access to their Knowlege Base and FAQ;s