Prepared agendas may contain links to relevant supporting information in advance of the meeting. Documents that will definitely be used in the course of a meeting should be loaded in advance to minimize delays due to network traffic, but every cited reference should have a link to the actual reference. In addition, because the product is an electronic document as well as a paper one, it can be instantly published to a web page or e-mailed to any number of recipients. This will not always be appropriate, but it will always be a powerful advantage over conventional meetings that rely on minutes. Regular meetings with a normal agenda will take place in less time.
Meetings are too-often a waste of time to many of the participants.
Conducting a productive meeting is a skill which is seldom taught and seemingly less often learned. Technography can impose discipline on regular meetings by placing a structured agenda before all the participants. Side conversations and tangents are avoided as participants focus on individual topics being addressed and dismissed. Finally, group interactions employing technography extract less of an emotional toll from the participants. In conventional meetings, even those employing the services of a facilitator, the participants leave the meeting with varying opinions of the value of the meeting.