Weekly team kick-off

Overview

Team kick-off meetings eat up valuable time on status updates when you could be solving problems together. This preset front-loads all the context you need so your team can skip the updates and get straight to work.

What this is for

This preset solves the meeting efficiency problem every team faces. You want to start the week aligned, but nobody wants to sit through 20 minutes of status updates. The alternative is skipping the context entirely, which means people miss important announcements and work in silos.

The Weekly team kick-off preset gives you a pre-packaged brief that covers everything your team needs to know. It includes last week’s work organized into 3-5 themes, everyone’s current goals, who’s out this week, and even an ice-breaker question related to the work. Share it before the meeting starts, and you can spend your actual meeting time on discussion and problem-solving instead of reporting.

Who should use this

Team leads running weekly planning meetings who want more time for strategic discussion. You’ll cut your status update time in half by sharing context async before the meeting.

Scrum masters facilitating sprint planning who need everyone aligned on what happened last sprint. You’ll have a complete retro-style summary without spending meeting time on it.

Product managers coordinating cross-functional teams who need everyone on the same page. You’ll make sure designers, engineers, and stakeholders all have the same context before you start planning.

The prompt

List what the [ team name ] team worked on in the last 7 days in 3-5 themes, with a concise summary for each. List all of the team's goals. List all of the team's upcoming absences for the next 5 days. Generate an ice-breaker question of the week related to the work.

How to use

Click here to create a new Echo using this preset. You'll be able to customize the prompt and schedule before it starts generating answers.