There has been quite the buzz about Oprah going on Twitter. Which led me to think, how long before Oprah starts Tunglin'?
Now, let me make a case for this. Scheduling meetings is a pain that is either tolerated or delegated. Call me silly, but I would venture that Oprah falls in the “delegate” camp. So for her, it’s about how much more productive her assistants (I’m assuming she has more than one) and producers can be in making meetings happen for Oprah.
So for all of you MBA grads, preparing for McKinsey interviews, let’s try to guesstimate how much time - $ - she would be saving.
Let’s make the following assumptions:
- Oprah has approximately 5 meetings a day – on a work day. It’s maybe more or less, but given that she has an hour show to tape, make-up time, her workout sessions, regular meals (unless she is off the wagon), it’s probably a safe assumption. On non-work days, let’s say she doesn’t do business meetings (although I’m sure she does).
- Let’s assume that for an hour show, there are approximately 4 guests. For each non star-like guest, 20 people need to be screened before one is chosen for the show. I think this is on the low side, but hey, why not be conservative.
- Then, you have the meetings with advertisers, network executives, suppliers of all the “everybody gets one” freebies that are given to the audience, etc. Let’s assume they have 5 of these meetings a day. Dunno, just guessing.
For simplicity's sake, let’s keep it at this for the assumptions. Therefore, we would venture that the Oprah show (not including all her other side businesses, like the magazine, radio networks, etc) schedule at minimum ~90 meetings a day.
We know from our own statistics and surveys that before Tungle, it took ~7 communications to get one meeting booked (think about all those emails and phone calls it takes to work out a time that suits everyone). With Tungle, this number comes down to 1.6. Each communication takes approximately 3 minutes to write, answer, reply to, dial, etc. So, in time saved per meeting, we are talking about (7-1.6)*3 = 16.2 minutes. (call it 15 minutes). 15 minutes x 90 meetings a day = 1350 minutes saved per day (22.5 hours a day).
That represents roughly 3 full-time employees a year, not to mention the increase in productivity from getting things done faster and earlier. That’s a school for hundreds of kids in a developing country.
How can Tungle help you? Well think about it, if you have 5 meetings a day, we can help you save over 1 hour of your precious time making those meetings happen. 1 hour saved per day. Now Bob, would that be something you would be interested in? (read Entourage)
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