Face to Face Meetings vs Virtual

Meetify Survey Data

People tend to create habits, even when it comes to meetings, that they don't think about every time they schedule one. This can be a problem for achieving business goals since each type of meeting is better designed for specific purposes.

For example, face to face meetups tend to be ideal anytime the main purpose of a meeting is relational.

The top 3 meeting goals respondents cite for preferring to meet in person are to:  

On the other hand, meeting online tends to be ideal when the main purpose of a meeting has to do with completing a task in an efficient way.

The top 3 meeting goals people cite for preferring to meet virtual are to:  

When people do meet in person away from their homes or offices, their top two preferences for locations are:

While it's fairly easy to plan a virtual meeting, thanks to many tools that either launched or got a significant boost during the pandemic, scheduling these types of face to face meetings can take more effort.

Survey responses indicated the three most challenging parts of planning in person meetings are:

For meeting planners, their top motivations for scheduling to meet in person are:

Meeting planners top reasons for scheduling virtual meetings are:

Interestingly, in person meetings leave more people with a positive outlook on life than virtual meetings.

In person 44%

Virtual 27%

Equal 29%

Whether you schedule a few meetings a week or spend most of your days in appointments, you're much more likely to achieve your objectives if you consider the best type of meeting to plan each time you schedule one.