# All Hands: Take Questions in Advance

**Published by:** [Continuations](https://continuations.com/)
**Published on:** 2016-08-10
**Categories:** management, startups
**URL:** https://continuations.com/all-hands-take-questions-in-advance

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And now for something different: just some pragmatic advice. You should run all hands meetings in your company. They are a key bonding and communication opportunity. You can have them until you are quite large – for instance, Twilio, which as gone public, still does them. Here is the key though: make sure to solicit questions and topics ahead of time. You should even make it possible for employees to do so anonymously. For some people that seems obvious but I have seen quite a few situations where founders were counting on employees to ask questions spontaneously. And that won’t happen. Most people do not want to stick their hand up and ask a question in such an open setting. I also just skimmed a couple of articles on how to run all hands meetings online and was surprised to find that many of them did not mention this critical element. Speaking of taking questions. I have neglected my Ask Me Anything by video. So feel free to add to that and I will resume answering.

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