The etiquette of the meeting request

The problem with most outreach is not that it is unwanted. It is that it is unclear. Nobody knows what saying yes commits them to, so they say nothing.

The four-line request

• Who you are in one line, with something verifiable.
• Why them specifically, not a template.
• What you want from the meeting, stated plainly.
• How long and when, with two or three options.

Things that get requests ignored

Asking for "a quick chat" with no agenda. Attaching a deck before anyone asked. Sending the same message to fifteen people at once, which most platforms can detect and which KONNOVA rate-limits.

Why we built meeting requests as a feature

Inside KONNOVA a meeting request has fields for purpose, duration and proposed times, and the recipient can accept one of the proposed times or decline. Once a meeting is accepted, either side can propose a new time, which the other accepts or declines. Both sides see the status. Nothing lives in a DM thread that nobody can find later.