Calgary, Alberta --- May 15, 2000 --- Companies waste millions of hours and billions of dollars in inefficient and ineffective meetings each year. For organizations that have recognized the productivity loss associated with meeting mismanagement, EffectiveMeetings.com, the online magazine for better meetings, has become an important tool in managing the bottom line. Since May 1999, EffectiveMeetings.com has been sharing effective meeting advice, with articles that focus on action and application, not just information. Regular features include the Meeting Guru, who dispenses meeting advice to help handle the most difficult meeting situations, and our trademark polls, surveying readers on subjects ranging from drowsiness in the meeting room to technological wastelands in meeting rooms. 

Celebrating its one-year anniversary, this special issue, E-Meetings & the Internet, will offer a retrospective of the past year as well as look at how to Webify your Meetings, ask the question Has.com Increased.communication and explore the concept of Virtual Meeting Spaces.

“The positive feedback we’ve received from readers has been tremendous,” says Nancy Knowlton, president and COO of SMART Technologies, the sponsor of EffectiveMeetings.com. “With a large and growing subscriber list that includes readers from as far away as Bangladesh, Sweden and Macedonia, it’s clear that meeting issues are a universal concern. As we look ahead to our second year, EffectiveMeetings.com will continue to offer relevant and timely meeting information for readers globally.”

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