A Beginner's Guide to Fireflies.ai An AI-powered Meeting Assistant

Introduction:

Fireflies.ai is an AI-powered meeting assistant that helps you organize, transcribe, and share meeting insights. This beginner's guide covers signing up, integrating your calendar, joining meetings, viewing transcripts, and more.

Signing Up Step-by-Step

1. Go to Fireflies.ai
2. Click on "Login" in the top right corner
   
   
   
   
   
3. Select either Google, Office 365, or email to sign up
     
   
   
   
   
4. Enter your credentials and click "Sign Up"  
   
   
5. Specify your name, set a password, and add any optional info  
   
   
   
   
   
6. Click "Create Account" and you're ready to use Fireflies.ai!

It only takes a few minutes to create your free account.

Integrating Your Calendar

Syncing your calendar enables Fireflies.ai to automatically track your meetings. Here is how to connect your calendar:

1. In Fireflies.ai, go to "Integrations" in the left sidebar
   
   
   
   
   
2. Select your calendar provider such as Google Calendar or Office 365 or Notion
   
   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   
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4. Click "Connect" and follow the prompts to allow access 
   
   
   
   
   
5. Select which calendars you want to integrate
6. Hit "Save" and your events will now automatically sync

Joining Meetings Step-by-Step

Here is a walkthrough for starting a meeting and then joining as a participant:

Scheduling a Meeting

1. Go to "Meetings" and click the "+ New Meeting" button  
   
   
   
   
   
2. Give the meeting a title and add participants  
3. Select a start date/time and meeting duration
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Hit "Invite" to schedule the meeting and send calendar invites

Joining a Meeting

1. Open the Fireflies.ai invite you received for the meeting   
2. Click the unique conferencing link in the invite  
3. Your browser will launch the meeting automatically
4. Click "Join Audio" to connect your microphone
5. The meeting will begin recording and transcribing!

Additional Features

Take advantage of Fireflies.ai's features to get even more value from your meetings:

 

• Search transcripts: quickly find keywords
• Share recaps: with highlights and action items  
• Track action items and tasks: to completion
• View talk time metrics: and conversation analysis  

Conclusion

This beginner's guide gives you a better understanding of Fireflies.ai's AI meeting assistant! With just a few minutes of setup, you can start experiencing automated meeting notes, seamless joining options, and powerful productivity features.

Give Fireflies.ai a try - sign up today for free! Let me know if you have any other questions.

If you want more platforms like Fireflies.ai here is a tool called Bluedot that offers similar transcription and note capabilities and more.

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