Actually, this goes for any series of meetings. At work, I actively 'defrag' my calendar and make sure meetings happen together so that I can pull through a lon

Actually, this goes for any series of meetings. At work, I actively 'defrag' my calendar and make sure meetings happen together so that I can pull through a long stretch of meetings and be done with it all. Having fragmented meeting time (30 minute breaks between every meeting, a couple of days between travel trips) messes up your productivity as you really don't feel like starting a project.