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Streamline your meetings with AI tools and automation

By Elena Alston · October 23, 2024
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Ever walked out of a meeting feeling more confused than when you went in? We've all been there—discussions get muddled, action items aren't clear, and key points are buried in a flood of conversation.

It's frustrating—and worse—it can lead to missed deadlines, unclear assignments, and the dreaded follow-up meeting just to sort everything out.

But it doesn't have to be that way. With the onset of new AI meeting tools, you can streamline your meeting practices—before, during, and after—so everyone stays on the same page without the need for extra catch-up calls.

And when you combine those AI tools with Zapier, you can prepare for meetings, create transcripts from recordings, take meeting notes, and more—automatically.

Table of contents

  • Prep for meetings

  • Create transcriptions from recordings

  • Upload transcript summaries, notes, and recordings to your files

  • Share meeting notes with your team

  • Add action items to your project management tools

Prep for meetings  

Prepping for meetings ahead of time can be incredibly time-consuming, especially if you're manually handling tasks like creating meeting agendas or scheduling calls. It's the kind of admin work that all too often falls through the cracks and you end up scrambling at the last minute to pull everything together. 

Fortunately, when you combine automation with AI-powered apps like ChatGPT and Gemini, you can do everything from creating detailed meeting agendas to scheduling calls—automatically. 

For example, you can create meeting agendas in a Google Doc using ChatGPT based on the details in a Google Calendar event. You can even create calendar events (with notes from Gemini) whenever a conversation in Slack calls for it. Whatever your use case, these Zaps can handle the heavy lifting, so you can focus on the meeting itself. 

Create meeting agendas in Google Docs with ChatGPT from new Google Calendar events

Create meeting agendas in Google Docs with ChatGPT from new Google Calendar events
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  • Google Docs logo
Google Calendar + ChatGPT + Google Docs

Create detailed calendar events with details from ChatGPT

Create detailed calendar events with details from ChatGPT
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  • ChatGPT logo
  • Google Calendar logo
Notion + ChatGPT + Google Calendar

Create meeting agendas from calendar events with Gemini

Create meeting agendas from calendar events with Gemini
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  • Google AI Studio (Gemini) logo
  • Google Docs logo
Google Calendar + Google AI Studio (Gemini) + Google Docs

Schedule Google Calendar events with details from Gemini

Schedule Google Calendar events with details from Gemini
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  • Google AI Studio (Gemini) logo
  • Google Calendar logo
Slack + Google AI Studio (Gemini) + Google Calendar

Create transcriptions from recordings

Need a written record of important client meetings or webinar videos? Whether you want to keep your team accountable for projects or pull important quotes for customer testimonials, having it all on paper can make your job a lot easier. 

But don't waste hours listening to recordings and taking notes. Instead, you can use these Zaps to automatically transcribe recordings after the fact—be that new YouTube videos or Zoom recordings. 

Transcribe new YouTube videos with Descript

Transcribe new YouTube videos with Descript
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  • Descript logo
YouTube + Descript

Request transcriptions in Descript for approved videos in Frame.io

Request transcriptions in Descript for approved videos in Frame.io
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  • Descript logo
Frame.io + Descript

Create transcriptions in Descript for new Zoom recordings

Create transcriptions in Descript for new Zoom recordings
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Zoom + Descript

You've now transcribed your audio and video recordings so that you can repurpose them for whatever use case. But if those transcriptions come from hour-long recordings, it can't hurt to also generate a quick summary, so that other folks in your company can get the gist fast—without the need to skim tons of pages. 

These Zaps will automatically take transcriptions and send them to your AI tool and summarize them. Zapier will then send those summaries to whatever tool you choose, making it easy for your team to quickly understand key takeaways without diving into the full transcript. 

Summarize Descript transcriptions with ChatGPT and add the summary to a Google Doc

Summarize Descript transcriptions with ChatGPT and add the summary to a Google Doc
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Descript + ChatGPT

Summarize Rev transcriptions with ChatGPT and send in an email

Summarize Rev transcriptions with ChatGPT and send in an email
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  • ChatGPT logo
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Rev + ChatGPT + Gmail

Upload transcript summaries, notes, and recordings to your files

When you're constantly jumping from one meeting to the next, manually keeping your meeting notes, transcripts, and recordings organized can quickly become overwhelming. Storing them in a Google Doc or a spreadsheet is a great way to track everything in one place, but as your schedule gets busier, chaos can ensue. 

With these Zaps, you can automatically upload summaries, transcripts, and other key details from your meetings to your work apps the moment they're created in tools like Fathom or Grain. That way, you’ll never have to worry about falling behind on documentation or losing important meeting information. 

Create detailed summaries of Grain recordings with ChatGPT

Create detailed summaries of Grain recordings with ChatGPT
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Grain + ChatGPT + Google Sheets

Create multiple spreadsheet rows in Google Sheets from new meeting notes in Supernormal

Create multiple spreadsheet rows in Google Sheets from new meeting notes in Supernormal
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  • Google Sheets logo
Supernormal + Google Sheets

Create text files in Dropbox from new Grain recordings

Create text files in Dropbox from new Grain recordings
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  • Dropbox logo
Grain + Dropbox

Create Google Docs documents from text for new tl;dv transcripts

Create Google Docs documents from text for new tl;dv transcripts
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  • Google Docs logo
tl;dv + Google Docs

Share meeting notes with your team 

Imagine you're in back-to-back calls all day (I know, the horror). When your schedule is slammed, you probably don't have time to extract key details from your meetings and assign action items to your team members in places like Slack or via email. 

Ideally, you'd do that the moment a meeting is over so the rest of your team can kickstart any projects right away. These Zaps trigger anytime new meeting notes or action items are created in your AI meeting apps, automatically sending a Slack message or email to your meeting attendees. 

Send channel messages in Slack for every new note added in tl;dv

Send channel messages in Slack for every new note added in tl;dv
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tl;dv + Slack

Extract action items from Grain recordings with ChatGPT and send in Slack

Extract action items from Grain recordings with ChatGPT and send in Slack
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  • ChatGPT logo
Grain + ChatGPT

Send Slack channel messages for new meeting notes in Supernormal

Send Slack channel messages for new meeting notes in Supernormal
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  • Slack logo
Supernormal + Slack

Send an email in Gmail for new highlights in Fathom

Send an email in Gmail for new highlights in Fathom
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  • Gmail logo
Fathom + Gmail

Add action items to your project management tools 

The days of appointing a team member to be the designated note-taker during meetings are long gone, but that doesn't mean managing meeting outcomes is any easier. 

While AI tools like Fireflies or Fathom can help by capturing detailed meeting notes and extracting next steps, manually adding them to task management tools like Notion or Trello can quickly become overwhelming as your meeting schedule fills up. 

Whether you’re using Asana, Trello, Notion, or Airtable, these Zaps will seamlessly add tasks, cards, or database items from AI-generated meeting notes—keeping your projects on track without the need for manual input.

Create tasks in Asana for new meetings in Fireflies.ai

Create tasks in Asana for new meetings in Fireflies.ai
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  • Asana logo
Fireflies.ai + Asana

Create Notion database items from new Read AI meeting notes

Create Notion database items from new Read AI meeting notes
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  • Notion logo
Read AI + Notion

Create Trello cards for new tl;dv recordings

Create Trello cards for new tl;dv recordings
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  • Trello logo
tl;dv + Trello

Create new Airtable records every time Fathom generates new recordings

Create new Airtable records every time Fathom generates new recordings
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  • Airtable logo
Fathom + Airtable

Streamline the way you manage meetings

While every AI meeting tool is designed to make your life easier, combining them with Zapier can help you fully streamline the entire process. 

You can automate everything from scheduling to note-taking, generating transcriptions, and follow-ups—so you can focus on the conversation without worrying about the details.

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  • How to use AI to write business emails

  • How to use AI to add acceptance criteria to product issues

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