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74 P E E R T O P E E R : I L T A ' S Q U A R T E R L Y M A G A Z I N E | S U M M E R 2 0 2 2 the cost of the way things is done is hidden. There wasn't a cost to the budget, so in terms of dollars, it was "free". AskCody quickly showed us through various calculations and analyses with our team that this was not the case. The pilot helped us understand that AskCody does actually help us be more efficient and give back time to the attorneys and assistants. The POC helped us actively compare the cost of the solutions and the ease it was bringing to the cumbersome process we had before. Again, the best advice is to try it. You will see quickly that the ease of use, ease of management and overall time savings is worth it, says Henry Chace. Overall, meetings are a necessary part of the business. You meet to share ideas, make some progress, gain some results, move forward, collaborate, learn, improve, grow. This is the reason why people end up in a ton of meetings every week in a professional context. It is simply the way modern organizations work these days. Therefore, meetings are an integral part of business life. However, what is not necessary is the amount of time spent arranging these meetings. Finding a room can be a productivity killer Stop for a while and just think about how much time you spend on planning a single meeting with, let's say, four people. You need a room with a whiteboard and a presentation screen, and you need to book some beverages for the meetup as well. Meeting room bookings can be a minefield filled with anarchy - just ask your poor receptionist or office manager. For organizations with a lot of meeting rooms located across locations and time-zones, finding an available room, and booking associated services can be a nightmare for employees and a real productivity killer. Statistics shows us that 40% of workers in large organizations waste up to 30 minutes a day searching for space to collaborate. Likewise, business professionals spend 4.75 hours of a typical workweek arranging an average 15 meetings per week. Why is meeting management such a problem? People forget to look at the calendar. They see that the room's empty so they think it's free and once inside, it can be difficult for anyone else to work out who booked the room without interruption. Interruptions kill productivity and waste time. Without a clear overview of today's meetings, you waste space and meeting room resources, and without an integrated meeting room booking tool into your company's productivity infrastructure, like Microsoft Exchange or Office 365, you waste a lot of time and resources on cumbersome processes. F R O M T H E T E C H S O L U T I O N S C C T "Statistics shows us that 40% of workers in large organizations waste up to 30 minutes a day searching for space to collaborate."

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