Measuring a Meeting's Return on Investment
“In this economy, very few legacy programs will continue without being scrutinized,” says Todd Hanson, president and founder of Catalyst Performance Group, a people-performance management company in Appleton, Wis. So any meeting that continues to happen just because it always has will probably come under the microscope, he says, adding, “As we move forward, [meeting] money will be invested, rather than just spent.” Read More...
A mind opening article by Jeanne O'brien Coffely. Thank you for being so candid in articulating the ROI of meetings. I will share this with my business partners. For a long time meetings have been attended casually or not attended at all depending on the moods of participants. When the contribution of each participant is under scrutiny, every participant will see the "cents" investment in each meeting. On the other hand meeting organizers will think twice before calling for one particularly as each meeting could translate to huge costs. Tony Nasirembe