In America, 55 million meetings are conducted on a weekly basis. Whereas the total number of meetings held annually in America, surpass well above a billion. That's right, America meets a ton!

That means more than a quarter of the total time of an average American working in an organization is spent attending meetings. In 2017 Cisco reported that 37% of employee time is spent in meetings.

Planning your meeting , managing it and then conducting it strategically to achieve a solid outcome from the meeting is all part of meeting management.

Modern workforces have automated their traditional meeting platforms into virtual meetings, with the use of meeting management software.

business Meeting planning software has been a tremendous help in enabling teams to achieve a myriad of goals within a cost-effective approach. However, even the modern methods of conducting meetings have their downside; patchy network, technical issues and choppy video, to name a few.

Key Features of a Meeting Management System
Some of the key features of an effective meeting management system are-

Meeting Registration : The meeting details such as time, duration, location, access details, subject, agenda, and attendees can be set up.

Attendee Data Management : The information related to attendees such as their contact details, their responses to meeting can be managed.

Automated Notifications : Notifications related to meeting schedules, meeting reminders, meeting initiation, joining the meeting and end of the meeting are available within the system and as emails.

Audio Calls : Provide facility to attendees join in meetings through VOIP calls or phone calls.

Add-on features : The meeting software usually has functions for chat, Q & A, feedback, recording, note recording, and screen sharing. It has the ability to action items and to assign tasks to people.

Customization : The software allows for customization so that it can be integrated with the company's or project's branding and design.

Reporting and Printing : Meeting minutes and other data can be saved and printed in different formats.

Integration : It will be useful for the meeting planning software to integrate with popular calendars such as MS Outlook and Google calendar and with tools such as Slack or Microsoft Teams.

Event Planning : The meeting management software can be extended to be an event planning program. It can be designed to have features such as,