Ryan Collins

Are those meetings worth it?

// November 6th, 2007 // Professional Development

From PayScale Meeting Miser – Meeting Cost:

Are your meetings worth every penny? Find out with the new Meeting Miser. Just enter the attendees and start the timer. This handy gadget knows that time is money and will calculate exactly how much you’re spending … or wasting.

The site uses actual salary info for your area to calculate the cost per meeting. I tried it with a typical scenario, 3 elementary teachers and a principal meeting. The cost came to $1.41 a minute, or $84.60 an hour. An administrator meeting with 4 principals and the superintendent jumps up to $2.84 a minute ($170.40 an hour!). Might be something to bring up the next time you are sitting in a meeting that isn’t accomplishing anything.