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On a mission to kill broken meetings.

11/13/2026

Introducing Contio Concierge. A direct line to help, right inside the app.

Concierge knows which screen, meeting or workflow you’re in, giving our team a head start when you ask for help.

Get answers from AI around the clock, or choose human help to reach our team directly. You don’t have to try AI first.

There’s a place for your product ideas, too. Tell us what would make Contio work better for you.

Open Concierge in Contio and give it a try.

11/11/2026

Knowing the best way to do something shouldn’t mean fighting your tools to do it.

Nathan Barry ran into that problem while learning email marketing. He knew the practices he wanted to use, but had to work around Mailchimp to put them into action.

That frustration led him to build an email product for creators with those practices built in from the start.

Watch Nathan’s conversation with Aaron on Beyond the Meeting:

go.contio.ai/best-practices-fb

11/05/2026

A team can spend an hour editing a proposal when the disagreement is whether to do it at all.

Before another round of changes, ask where each person stands. Someone who wants different wording needs a different conversation from someone who thinks the proposal is a mistake.

Then ask what would have to change for them to support it. Their answer gives you something specific to work through together.

Nathan Barry shares a way to make those positions visible on Beyond the Meeting.

Watch the full conversation:

go.contio.ai/corners-fb

11/04/2026

Invite your least senior people to speak first.

Nathan Barry has people share their perspectives from least senior to most senior. That gives the senior leader something to respond to, instead of making everyone else respond to the senior leader.

After open discussion, the team votes again. The decision-maker can disagree with the vote—or take 24 hours to think before making the call.

That distinction matters: people get a chance to influence the decision, while one person remains responsible for it.

Watch the full conversation on Beyond the Meeting:

go.contio.ai/first-word-fb

11/03/2026

ConvertKit had already tried a new name once. It went badly enough that they rolled the whole thing back.

Then kit.com came available. Three letters, impossible to misspell, and there's only one. Nathan Barry had to walk his leadership team back into the exact decision they'd rolled back once before.

That's where Episode 4 of Beyond the Meeting starts. Where it goes:

→ The question Nathan asks before any big call: what do you feel you need to say, but you're nervous to bring up?

→ The pre-mortem question that took the risk out of buying the domain

→ The decision framework Kit borrowed from Coinbase, and why the least senior person speaks first

→ Giving up the big reveal to get the rename right

Full episode in the first comment.

10/29/2026

You end the client call, then remember the question you meant to ask.

Who needs to approve this? What date are we working toward?

Add them to Key Questions to Resolve. As the answers come up, Contio captures them against your questions, so you can stay with the client instead of keeping a separate tally in your notes.

Before you wrap up, see what’s been answered and ask what’s still open while everyone is there.

For your next client meeting, let Contio suggest the questions and track the answers as you talk.

10/29/2026

AI should help you build stronger human relationships.

Derrick Kinney’s point here is simple: connect with the problem your client is facing before you try to impress them with your technology.

That’s what we’re building Contio for. Remember what mattered in the last conversation. Give the person in front of you your attention. Follow up with work that reflects what they actually need.

The best of both worlds: technology that helps you remember and follow through, paired with the care and judgment you bring to the relationship.

Watch Derrick’s full conversation with Aaron Klein on Beyond the Meeting.

go.contio.ai/dk-clients-fb

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