Popcorn Style is a meeting timer designed to keep your team on their toes. It turns every gathering into a fun, fast-paced, and focused event. Whether IRL or virtual, your team may actually look forward to your next meeting.
Hi everyone! I'm Jamie, and I'm thrilled to share Popcorn Style with you. I've used a version of it with my teams at Notion and Stripe and it was super well received. My teams were more engaged, used time more efficiently and felt more connected to one another. We even used it once for a 25 person meeting!
I originally created Popcorn Style because every standup I attended felt so painful. They always ran long or covered topics that didn’t seem interesting to everyone. It felt especially bad with remote teams. It's just too easy to tab away from the meeting or stop paying attention. With a timer app like this, people have to smile and pay attention... even if it’s out of fear. 😂
It’s been a lot of fun to turn it into something everyone can use, so I’m eager to hear your feedback. Let me know what you think!
Just tried this for a rapid fire standup, and really loved it! What I enjoy is that you can run your standup with different speeds - the "Nightmare" speed gives each person just 8 seconds to speak during the standup, making it as efficient as possible. The playful design brings back the fun in stand ups.
@lee_fuhr Good question! When my teams used it we saw the value in connecting together, paying attention to one another and having a moment of joy together. We’d keep a 30 minute standup on the books but since we’d be done in ~5, individuals could opt in to hanging out and focusing on their specific problems. Your mileage may vary but what I saw was people taking long draining meeting time back to use as they needed. Does that make sense?
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