ADHD-Friendly Meeting Prep Template
A simple preparation template for work meetings — reduces anxiety, keeps you on track, and helps you retain what was said.
Meetings are disproportionately hard for many people with ADHD: they require sustained attention to verbal information, real-time processing, and memory of what was said — all without the scaffolding that individual work allows.
This template takes 5 minutes to fill in before a meeting and 5 minutes after. That 10 minutes significantly reduces meeting-related anxiety and improves retention.
Before the meeting
- What is this meeting for?
- What do I need to say or raise?
- What do I need to find out?
- What materials do I need to have open/ready?
During
Write down decisions and action items immediately as they're mentioned. Don't rely on remembering.
After the meeting
- What decisions were made?
- What are my specific next actions, and by when?
- Is there anything I need to follow up on by email to confirm?