With a move towards remote work, many people's meetings are now virtual – carried out through video conferences rather than in stuffy rooms. Moving meetings online brings many benefits, but it can also lead to less rigid structures, such as throwing out the agenda because you're "just jumping on a call."

While that may not seem like a big deal at first, failing to include a detailed agenda for a video meeting can actually send things completely off the rails, wasting everyone's time while getting very little done. We're going to take a look at why agendas are important to video meetings, how they can keep you on track, how you can make sure you're using them, and some tools to get the job done.