Turn your calendar into more than just a list of dates. With Workload, you can connect Google Calendar to Workload so every meeting, deadline, and event powers the right action automatically. Instead of just tracking time, your calendar becomes the starting point for organized communication and smoother processes.

Events don’t have to stay locked inside your calendar. They can update tasks in your project manager, share meeting details with your team, send reminders across multiple channels, or log entries into spreadsheets for reporting. Workload makes sure each update happens instantly in the background—without you having to manage it twice.

The payoff is clear: fewer manual steps, fewer missed updates, and faster collaboration across your team. When you connect Google Calendar to Workload, you keep schedules accurate, projects on track, and everyone aligned on what’s happening next.

🔀 Methods to Connect Google Calendar to Workload

You can connect Google Calendar to Workload in two ways—either from your dashboard or directly inside an automation step. Use the dashboard if you’re setting things up for the first time, or connect it from a step while you’re building an automation.

🖥️ From the Dashboard

In the Workload Dashboard click on the Connections tab in the left-hand menu, then select the blue + Add Connection button.

In the popup window, search for Google Calendar and select it from the list.

Choose the Google account you’d like Workload to access.

If you see a warning that Google hasn’t verified the app, click Advanced to continue.

Select Go to workload.co (unsafe) to proceed with the connection.

On the next screen, click Continue to confirm your choice.

Grant Workload access to your Google Calendar so it can read events and send them into your automations.

Once complete, you’ll see Google Calendar listed under your active connections.

🪜 From an Automation Step

Add a Google Calendar step to your automation, then click Sign in under the Account tab.

Choose the Google account you want Workload to access.

If you see a verification warning, click Advanced to continue.

Select Go to workload.co (unsafe) to move forward with the connection.

On the next screen, confirm your choice by clicking Continue.

Grant Workload access so it can sync events from your Google Calendar into automations.

Enter a name for your connection so you can easily recognize it later.

Your Google Calendar account will now appear in the step’s account field, ready to use in the automation.

💡 What You Can Do Now

Once your Google Calendar account is connected, it becomes a powerful part of any automation. Here are a few ways teams use it:

• Share new event details instantly in Slack so your team is always in the loop.
• Log meetings directly into Google Sheets for reporting and tracking.
• Sync calendar deadlines with project tools like Trello or Asana to keep projects on schedule.
• Send confirmations or reminders automatically through Gmail so nothing gets missed.

With Google Calendar connected, you can also combine it with multiple tools in one automation, routing data exactly where your team needs it. This reduces context switching, keeps communication flowing, and makes sure every event is accounted for.n flowing, reduces manual work, and ensures every event is accounted for.