April 2009 AM
Cover Story
Keep Your Exhibitors Happy
You can’t afford for your exhibitors to drop out. But how can you know what exhibitors want? And how can you give it to them? Hint: Helping a company achieve its strategic goals these days likely will take more than a 10-foot by 10-foot concrete slab. But it can be done. ...
Check In
The Economic Value of Meetings
Business meetings are not the enemy. In terms of making the nation more productive and better off, they are builders, not saboteurs, wrote lawyer, actor,...
Keynotes
MeCo Man
Corporate Meetings & Incentives: Why has MeCo decided to move to an association structure? Jim Louis: One reason is liability. We'd like to broaden our...
ASAE Economic Impact Study: Belt-Tightening Ahead
ASAE and The Center’s new economic impact study on how 8,500 members of 97 associations are reacting to today’s economy came up with some expected results—past attendance is the best predictor of future plans, for example—but there also were some surprises. ...
GMIC’s Million Tons of Trash Challenge
The Green Meeting Industry Council, an association dedicated to sustainability for meetings and events, has a challenge for the industry...
New Resource Center for Planners at NIU
Association Resource Center, Northern Illinois University is looking to make its assets and resources available to the association community....
Sea Meetings Web Portal to Launch
Landry & Kling is launching SeaSite.com, a one-stop online portal that will allow meeting planners to source and plan meetings at sea....
Idea Exchange
Making the Business Case to Attend Meetings
It's no secret that people are cutting back on attending conferences. Even if your organization has a bulletproof marketing plan for targeting your membership,...
Breakouts
Why Not Renegotiate?
Reworking a signed contract is possible—if the hotel is willing....
A Beginner’s Guide to Trade Shows
Make the most of your time and registration fee....
Life Is Tweet
It may get dissed by the big boys, but Twitter is gaining ground in the social media race...
Checklist: 35 Money-Saving Meeting Tips
Checklist RELY ON THE LOCAL CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU. Many of their services are free. BE UPFRONT WITH YOUR CONVENTION SERVICES MANAGER. The more...
Sites
The South-Central States
CVBs are extra-challenged this year to attract your attention, and they're attempting some novel marketing ideas. On its blog, I Love Springfield, Mo!,...
Featured Location: Quad Cities' newest convention center debuts
The $20 million Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center opened in January in Bettendorf, Iowa, with 24,000 square feet of flexible meeting and banquet...
Back Talk
Quotes about meetings and hospitality
Unconventional wisdom from “The Inn in Culture and Time” project...
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