Highlights

The typical American professional attends over 60 meetings a month where approximately 50% of the meeting time is wasted (Source: A network MCI Conferencing White Paper. Meetings in America: A study of trends, costs, and attitudes toward business travel, teleconferencing, and their impact on productivity (Greenwich, CT: INFOCOMM, 1998)) and 39% of attendees doze off (source: CBS News). Or the worst kind of meeting where the meeting never ends! With the average executive spending 18 hours a week in meetings and the cost of those meetings up to $15M a year according to one study, it’s time to move from meetings as a social gathering to an intentionally created, goal-oriented business event.