If your company's employee meetings are taking too long and wasting time and money, Brad Johnson's new gadget may help.

He developed it after experiencing frustratingly tedious meetings in his own shop.

Johnson's portable time-management cost calculator is designed to provide a constant reminder for employees to stay on topic and keep business meetings efficient and effective. Called Bring TIM!, it shows the cost of a meeting in progress.  Users enter the number of attendees, estimate an average hourly rate and press the start button. This allows Bring TIM! to prominently display the cost of every second ticking by.

The electronic device conveys the message that time is money - the TIM in Bring TIM! When a company BRINGS this creative clock to a meeting, it can help bring what might have been a painfully long session to a succinct and successful close. The theory behind Bring TIM! is that when people understand the cost involved in a business meeting, discussion becomes briefer, more topical and more productive.

"Many people are frustrated by long, unproductive meetings. These meetings are also expensive," says Johnson, president and founder of Bring TIM! LLC. "Bring TIM! gives users the power to break the cycle and erves as a friendly reminder to stay on track."

Johnson created Bring TIM! after enduring business meetings that frequently ran four hours or more. As he sat through them, he says, he couldn't help but think of the work piling up on his desk and how much the meetings were costing the company. He knew there had to be a solution.

Bring TIM! is priced at $24.99 plus shipping and handling and can be purchased directly from http://www.BringTim.com.