What is the hidden cost of your meeting?
What is the hidden cost of your meeting?
Use this quick calculator to reveal the hidden cost of your meetings...
Time
What is the duration of the meeting (in hours)?
What is the combined travel time - to and from the meeting (in hours)?
Delegates
How many people are in attendance?
What is the rough average salary (per year) of each delegate at the meeting?
Results
The estimated hidden cost of your meeting is:
£0, plus
£0 estimated opportunity cost (the value of the work that was NOT done because delegates were attending the meeting) - estimated to be 50% of the meeting cost.
Total Meeting Cost: £0
Results
The estimated hidden cost of your meeting is....
Nothing! (You said the meeting didn't last any time)
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