Meeting Presentations Matter to the Bottom Line
Meetings and effective meeting presentations matter more than ever.
I recently stumbled upon some interesting statistics about the ROI organizations receive from coordinating their large company-wide meetings at the Meetings Mean Business site – http://www.meetingsmeanbusiness.com/.
With the unfortunate economic downturn, companies and other organizations drastically cut back on their meetings. And as the statistics below demonstrate, these organizations could be doing themselves more harm than good by canceling such gatherings.
Meetings Mean Business:
1. For every dollar invested in business travel, companies realize $12.50 in incremental revenue.
2. More than half of business travelers stated that 5-20% of their company’s new customers were the result of trade show participation.
3. According to business travelers across all industries, 25% of existing customers and 28% of revenue could be lost to competitors if customers were not met in-person.
Face-to-face conversations, networking, and presentations obviously lead to wonderful business opportunities. So if your company is thinking about canceling any important event in the near future, provide them with this information and other enlightening facts found at www.meetingsmeanbusiness.com.
