Most Meeting-Adjacent Awards

Annual Meeting Awards 2023

The Most Meeting-Adjacent Awards recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exceptional meeting-adjacency, a delicate balance of being present in the meeting while still somehow managing to not actually be present.

Award winners are selected based on a rigorous evaluation process, including:

Time spent sitting in a meeting while staring at one's phone.
Number of meetings attended while secretly browsing memes on the internet.
Ability to nod off in meetings without anyone noticing.

Award Categories:

Most Likely to Be on Their Phone:

Winner: Bob from Accounting. Bob spent 97% of the meeting time scrolling through cat videos on his phone.

Runner-up: Alice from Sales. Alice managed to sneak in a 30-minute browsing session during the meeting without anyone noticing.

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Best Use of the "I'm Listening" Face:

Winner: John from Marketing. John's ability to maintain a perfectly expressionless face while secretly counting down the minutes until the meeting ends is unmatched.

Runner-up: Jane from HR. Jane's subtle nodding and occasional "uh-huh" ensured she stayed in the meeting without anyone suspecting otherwise.

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Longest Time Spent in a Meeting Without Actually Contributing:

Winner: Dave from IT. Dave somehow managed to attend 12 consecutive meetings without saying a word, while still getting coffee refills.

Runner-up: Mike from Finance. Mike's 8-consecutive-meeting streak is a record that may never be broken.

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