Ask virtually any executive or manager which part of their job is the least productive and the answer is nearly always the number of meetings they have to attend. The problem is not just the frequency, but also the amount of time which is spent going over old ground and checking up what happened since the last time the group got together.

The root cause of the problem is generally linked to information flow. People show up at reviews poorly prepared. Decisions taken at meetings are often not well communicated to the group or tend to get forgotten. Tasks and action items which are assigned during the meeting are not followed up upon and things remain undone The result is that at the next meeting valuable time is taken revisiting the issues.

These problems can be alleviated by installing a meeting management tool.

Distinguishing Features: Capture record of participants, agenda, description, decisions etc create and link action items, risks, documents to the meeting minutes email alerting to stakeholders of the meeting results search and sort meeting minutes for keywords, participants, agendas, etc