ABSTRACT
Meetings are an integral part of every company. During the meeting new ideas are generated, experiences are shared, decisions are made;therefore, it is necessary to make meetings more effective and productive. In today's digital age, which development was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, different digital tools are being created which help to organise various meeting management stages in a more qualitative way. With the help of digital tools, it is possible to significantly facilitate the observance of meeting plans, preparation of the meeting minutes and sending meeting minutes to the participants. This study is based on data collected from a specific focus group that provided information about their company and meeting management experience. This group was selected as potential clients of meeting management tool Meetinch. Using the Chi-square Independence Test and Principal component analysis the quality of meeting organisation and the readiness of meeting organisers to pay for a meeting management tool depending on other factors were examined. It was concluded that planning a meeting and summarizing the results are important for a quality meeting organisation. The readiness of companies to pay for a meeting management tool depends on the sector of the company, number of employees, the number of participants at the meeting and the possibilities of summarising the meeting results. © 2022, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies. All Rights Reserved.