by Ed Graziano, Corporate Event Interactive

While meetings are valuable for providing training, conveying company content and motivating “the team,” what is often forgotten is the sheer power that meetings have to create and enhance relationships. If at a meeting of 100 participants, each person creates or strengthens five relationships, the meeting is responsible for upwards of 500 stronger relationships within a company. That is powerful stuff and is often overlooked when a meeting is being evaluated or its ROI (return on investment) is being discussed.
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