productive meetings

i read a report last month which said that meetings are just a waste of time. if you are inviting 10 people for a half an hour meeting, you are wasting 5 man-hours on a congregation which is not guaranteed to reach a conclusion, let alone prove productive. But we all attend meeting, make calls for meetings and want to meet people for meetings? why? i guess we are short of ideas and we need support, moral support, when we find we are out of wits and options.

anyways, there are softwares included inside softwares which help you schedule and manage meetings. oink!!! did i say manage???? i am sorry, i don't think MS Outlook really provides you a complete solution for "managing" meetings. but i think there is this scheduling software which does so. i haven't tried it first hand but i think if you are into daily scheduling of meeting than your should give this one a try. :)