of meetings, they attended pre, during, and after COVID-19 the most chosen option was small meetings with less than 50 attendants across all three time periods. It, therefore, seems the pandemic has not had a significant effect on the frequency and size of in person meetings, but it did impact the reasons for meetings in-person.
Team Building meetings are most suitable in-person
The respondents were asked to determine how suitable different types of meetings are to be held online or in-person. From the results, it can be seen that team-building meetings were voted as most suitable in person by 68 out of 81 responses. Training was voted by 46 out of 83 respondents as suitable in person as well as virtually. Most respondents do not feel the need to be in-person for status update meetings, 35 out of 83 respondents voted for this to be mostly suitable virtually. In order for venues to attract more clients, they could adapt their services and facilities to accommodate more team building and onboarding meetings. This means creating a space where connecting and engaging with each other is the main focus point.
Kind of Meetings
Most Chosen Option
Fraction of total respondents
Decision making meetings
mostly suitable in-person
33 out of 83
Problem solving
mostly suitable in-person
37 out of 83
Information sharing meetings
suitable in person as well as virtually
32 out of 83
Innovation meetings
mostly suitable in-person
41 out of 83
Team building meetings
mostly suitable in-person
68 out of 83
Status update meetings
mostly suitable virtually
35 out of 83
Recruiting of potential staff
suitable in person as well as virtually
33 out of 83
Onboarding for new staff
mostly suitable in-person
46 out of 83
Conventions
suitable in-person as well as virtually
30 out of 83
Conferences
suitable in-person as well as virtually
28 out of 83
Exhibits
mostly suitable in-person
38 out of 83
Trainings
suitable in person as well as virtually
46 out of 83
Table 8: Distribution of respondents per kind of meeting.
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