Question 1

What can I customize for the weekly status update?

Accepted Answer

Every part of the Friday meeting routine is customizable. You can customize: Questions & Prompts (open-ended, numeric, emoji, sentiment, and more) Schedule (day of week, time of day, timezone) Participants (who should share an update?) Viewers (who should be able to see the updates) Integrations (send prompts in Slack/Teams) Power-ups (send kudos or share icebreakers after completing an update) Reporting (choose a time to send a final report) Anonymity (mask names of respondents) Get complete control! You can read more here.

Question 2

How does Friday integrate with Slack/Teams?

Accepted Answer

When it's time to share an update, we'll send a DM to the participants. When people share an update, you can push responses into a channel or room for visibility. You can see how this works here.

Question 3

How does this help me spend less time in meetings?

Accepted Answer

Most meetings (especially routine ones) begin with a status update before diving into collaboration. If you get your updates out of the way before you meet, you can instantly jump into more meaningful conversation.

Question 4

How does this integrate with project management tools?

Accepted Answer

When it's time to share an update, we can pull in the tasks from other tools, including Asana, Trello, ClickUp, Todoist, and more. This makes it much easier to share updates...because your work is right in front of you! Learn more here.

Question 5

How does this integrate with the Friday planner?

Accepted Answer

The planner is your personal space for roadmapping your day. With that being said, when it's time to share an update, we'll show your work and make it easy to copy over items with one click.

Question 6

What is a weekly update?

Accepted Answer

A weekly update is a quick status update from your team. It provides an update on the progress they have made, what their future tasks will be, and any blockers/problems that may be hindering progress. Weekly updates can also provide more context about progress in relation to key goals and objectives.

Question 7

How do you update weekly?

Accepted Answer

Instead of calling another meeting, think about using weekly updates as an asynchronous meeting. This will save time for your team. You can run a weekly check-in on Fridays or to start your week on Mondays. Use the template in Friday to start your weekly updates for free.

Question 8

How do you write a weekly email update?

Accepted Answer

With Friday, you can automatically enter your update to a set of questions that you answer every week. This is beneficial because:  1) You're instantly reminded and you won't forget each week 2) You have a consistent record of responses 3) You can send it to the whole team

Question 9

What should a weekly status report include?

Accepted Answer

Use these questions from the Friday template, or customize your own:  How was your experience at work this week? What did you accomplish this week? What priorities do you have for next week? Anything else that you would like to share?

Weekly Status Update

Reduce Your Number of Meetings

Pick questions and prompts for your weekly status update

Create a cadence

Send automatic notifications

Share an update every week

See instant, automatic reports

Push meeting updates into workplace chat

Rinse and repeat