Prepare and Run an Annual Review

Hold an Annual Review between a Manager and a Direct Report with the responses and meeting stored in Ninety.

Written by Amanda Barfield

Updated at July 27th, 2024

If you do not see the conversation you need to prepare, first create the new Annual Review.  To learn what Annual Reviews are and why they are used, read this article

Here we will learn:

  1. How to Prepare your Annual Review Forms.
  2. How to Run an Annual Review Meeting.
  3. How to Archive the Completed Meeting.

PERMISSION LEVELS: As an Owner or Admin in the account, you will be able to see all meetings, but if you are a Manager or Managee, you will only see the conversations that you are a part of.

Annual Review Overview

Below is a breakdown of the items discussed in the video. Click on each link here for questions about creating the annual review or Quarterly Conversations.

Prepare your Forms

Just like filling out a Quarterly Conversation™ form, use the pencil icon to prepare for the meeting. 

Once you have completed the form and are ready for your Annual Review, press SUBMIT. This will indicate to the other party via the status that you are finished filling out the forms. (Observed in the details section of each meeting).

If you cannot complete the form in a single session, simply SAVE & EXIT to save your progress.

Once each party has pressed SUBMIT to complete their forms individually, the option to Start the Meeting will appear.

Hold the Annual Review Meeting

These can be run within Ninety using the Start Meeting button (which appears after each party's form has been submitted)

Starting the meeting will allow both parties to see their responses side by side and compare notes. The meeting should be run from one person's computer.

All entries are editable within a conversation.

When you have finished going through the meeting, each party will sign and date the form, allowing you to finish the meeting.

Once a meeting is complete, it can be marked as complete and archived.

Note: You can run as many annual review meetings as you want! You are not restricted to the calendar year, so use them for quarterlies or whenever you need a more formalized conversation, too!