# New meeting widget > Start a meeting now or schedule one for later from your Home dashboard, and invite people by name or email. Source: https://plexiidesk.com/help/home-widget-new-meeting Section: Home dashboard > Home widgets Plans: All plans Updated: 2026-10-10 The **New meeting** widget starts or schedules a PlexiiMeet meeting from your Home dashboard. Click it and the **New meeting** window opens, where you choose **Start now** or **Schedule**, add a title and invite people. A meeting you start opens right away over PlexiDesk, so you do not have to go anywhere first. ## Before you start - Every plan can start and schedule meetings. - Email invitations are sent from the mailbox you connected in Mail. If you have not connected one, see [Connect your email account](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - To see and ring teammates who are online now, you need the Team plan. See [Presence and your status](https://plexiidesk.com/help). - The first time you join a meeting, your computer may ask to let PlexiDesk use your microphone and camera. On a Mac, see [Allow microphone, camera and screen recording on a Mac](https://plexiidesk.com/help/mac-permissions). - You can add the widget to **Home**, **Office Home**, **People Home** or **Brain Home**, once on each. The widget comes in two sizes: - **Icon**: a small square labelled **New meeting**. Four icon-size widgets fit in the space of one Small widget. - **Medium**: a wider card titled **New meeting**, with **Start** on the right. ## Add the widget to your dashboard 1. Open your Home dashboard and click **Customize** at the top right. 2. Click **Add widget**. 3. Click **Communication**, or type "meeting" in **Search widgets**. 4. Click **New meeting**. The preview opens at **Icon**. 5. For the card, click the arrow to the right of the preview or the second dot under it. The label under the preview reads **Medium**. 6. Click **Add widget**, drag the widget into place, then click **Done**. ## Start a meeting now 1. Click the **New meeting** icon, or **Start** on the Medium card. The **New meeting** window opens with **Start now** selected. 2. Type a title if you like. If you leave it blank, the meeting is called "Meeting", or after the people you invite. A hint under the title shows the name it will get. 3. To change how long it runs, click the end time. Each click makes it longer, and `Shift`-click makes it shorter. It starts at 30 minutes. 4. Under **GUESTS**, type a name or an email address and press `Enter`, a comma or `Tab` to add them. As you type, people you have invited to meetings before are suggested. 5. On the Team plan, teammates who are online appear under **Online now**. Click a name to ring them when the meeting starts. Click it again to take them off. 6. Click **Start now**, or press `Enter`. When you have added guests, the button reads **Start & invite** and the number of people. The meeting room opens straight away. Teammates you chose to ring get an invitation in PlexiDesk, and everyone else is emailed the join link. Anyone with the link can join in PlexiDesk, inside or outside your organisation. See [Meeting invitations and joining](https://plexiidesk.com/help) and [In a meeting](https://plexiidesk.com/help). ## Schedule a meeting for later 1. Click the widget, then click **Schedule** at the top of the window. 2. Type a title, or leave it blank to use the suggested one. 3. Set the time: - Click the date to pick a day. - Click the start time to change it. - Click the end time to make the meeting longer, or `Shift`-click to make it shorter. - To make it a regular meeting, click **Repeat** and choose **Daily**, **Weekly** or **Monthly**. To undo that, open it again and choose **Don't repeat**. 4. Under **GUESTS**, add people by name or email, as above. 5. Under **WHERE**, choose how people will meet: - **Plexii Meet**: a PlexiiMeet link is created and emailed with the invitation. - **Paste link**: paste a link from another video service. - **In person**: type an address, a room or where to meet. - **None**: no meeting place. 6. Under **AGENDA**, add what the meeting needs to settle, if you like. 7. To link the meeting to one of your desks, click **Attach a desk or work item**, type to find the desk, and click it. A **Staged** label appears beside it. 8. Click **Schedule meeting**, or press `Enter`. With guests added, the button reads **Schedule & invite** and the number of people. A message confirms that the meeting is scheduled and on your calendar with a **Join** button, and says how many invitations were emailed. The window then closes. See [Calendar in Plexii](https://plexiidesk.com/help). For every option in the window, see [Start or schedule a meeting](https://plexiidesk.com/help). ## Keys in the New meeting window | Key | What it does | | --- | --- | | `Enter` | Starts or schedules the meeting. In **GUESTS** it adds the person you typed instead, and in **AGENDA** it does nothing. | | `Enter`, comma or `Tab` in **GUESTS** | Adds the name or address you typed. | | `Backspace` in an empty **GUESTS** box | Removes the last person you added. | | `↑` `↓` in **GUESTS** | Moves through the suggestions. | | `Shift` `Enter` in **AGENDA** | Starts a new line. | | `Esc` | Closes the window without starting or scheduling anything. | Clicking outside the window also closes it without saving. ## Change the size or remove the widget 1. Click **Customize** at the top of the dashboard. 2. To switch between **Icon** and **Medium**, click the size button at the top-right corner of the widget. It shows the current size. 3. To take the widget off the board, click the **×** at its top-right corner. 4. Click **Done**. ## Good ways to use it - **Quick calls with your team.** Keep the icon on Home or People Home and, on the Team plan, ring whoever is online. - **Booking meetings with clients.** Use **Schedule**, add their email address and attach the desk you are working on together. - **More one-click actions.** A [Shortcuts widget](https://plexiidesk.com/help/home-widget-shortcuts) can also hold a **New meeting** tile that opens the same window. > **Tip:** > **Set up with Plexii** can add this widget for you, for example if you choose **Start a meeting** for **Anything you want one tap away?** See [Set up a dashboard with Plexii](https://plexiidesk.com/help/home-setup-wizard). ## Common questions ### My guests did not get an email Invitations are emailed from the mailbox you connected in Mail. If none is connected, the emails cannot be sent. When you schedule a meeting, the window says **Connect a mailbox in Mail to email the invites.** The join link is still on the meeting. See [Connect your email account](https://plexiidesk.com/help). ### I typed a name and the wrong address was used When you type a name that does not match anyone you have invited before, PlexiDesk may guess an address from it. Hover over a guest to see the address that will be used. To be sure an invitation reaches the right person, type their full email address. ### The meeting will not start If the window says **Could not start the meeting. Check your microphone and camera permissions.**, allow PlexiDesk to use your microphone and camera, then try again. On a Mac, see [Allow microphone, camera and screen recording on a Mac](https://plexiidesk.com/help/mac-permissions). ### I do not see Online now **Online now** appears only with **Start now** selected, on the Team plan, and when at least one teammate is online. ### Nothing happens when I click the widget While you are customising the dashboard, widgets do not respond to clicks. Click **Done** first. ## Related tasks - [Start or schedule a meeting](https://plexiidesk.com/help) - [PlexiiMeet: meetings](https://plexiidesk.com/help) - [Meeting invitations and joining](https://plexiidesk.com/help) - [Pinned conversation widget](https://plexiidesk.com/help/home-widget-pinned-conversation) - [The Home dashboard](https://plexiidesk.com/help/home-dashboard)