Checklists/How To's
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Meeting Planning Checklists
Checklist: F&B Cost Savings
At a session at Meeting Professionals International's recent Professional Education Conference in New Orleans, Janet R. Pickover, CMP, a director with...
RFPs: Managing the Paper Chase
Planners of social, military, education, religious, and fraternal meetings all invariably have one thing in common: They need to get a lot of bang for...
Your Peer Review Checklist
While peer review can help you document the integrity of your activity and provide a mechanism for resolving conflicts of interest with faculty and planners,...
Budget How To's
20 Ways to Save on F&B
The is the first in a series of cost-saving checklists. We turned to some of the biggest names in the meeting business for their advice on getting the...
Making the Most of the Spa
An Interview with a Spa Director ...
Keeping Up with the Latest F&B Ideas for Your Events
Ten years ago, not many people knew what foie gras was. But with the popularity of cooking programs on cable TV, celebrity chefs, and cookbooks, people's...
More How-To's
Avoiding Alfresco Fiascos
Magnificent views of mountains, water, and cityscapes are superb backdrops to any event, day or night. An added benefit with outdoor parties is that the...
Booths, Banners, and Beyond
New York City is a lot of things, but inexpensive is not one of them. That left the National Speakers Association, which is holding its 2008 annual convention...
Food and Beverage: Creating Tablescapes
One of the most important design considerations for a sit-down banquet is tabletop dcor. Guests see the table dcor throughout the meal, and the tablescape...
Cost-Saving Tips
Checklist: F&B Cost Savings
At a session at Meeting Professionals International's recent Professional Education Conference in New Orleans, Janet R. Pickover, CMP, a director with...
Streamline Your F&B Budget with this Cost-Savings Checklist
Think it's Possible to save thousands of dollars on your food and beverage budget? Think higher. In a session at Meeting Professionals International's...
Budgeting for the Unknown
It seemed a pretty straightforward proposition. Budgeting for air travel for a Monsanto sales incentive in Hawaii, while bound to be expensive, should...
Law/Contracts
Understanding a Hotel’s RevPAR Equation
Revenue Per Available Room, or RevPAR, is the measurement that controls whether the hotel sales department accepts or rejects a piece of group business....
Talk About a Tough Crowd
Meeting industry associations have a tough audience when they plan meetings for meeting planners just imagine the challenges involved for the Chief Marketing...
Legal Ease: The Tangle of Hotel Ownership
How to figure out who's in charge now that nearly three-fourths of all hotels in the United States are operating as franchises and most hotel buildings owned by someone other than the hotel operator....
Attrition Busters
How to Avoid Housing Hassles
Attrition May not be a New Problem, but It is a Persistent One...
Stroke Conference Sees Rapid Growth
How has the American Heart Association's International Stroke Conference almost doubled its attendance over the past three years growing from about 2,450...
10 Ways to Boost Attendance
Tips on how to get your attendance numbers up...
Risk Management/Contingency Planning
Combustible Cocktail
It seemed like a good idea at the time For years, officials at the Milwaukee Art Museum had been renting space to groups for special events many of them...
What's Your Terrorism Risk Rating?
Travel, Trade, and privacy groups are heavily criticizing a Department of Homeland Security program that, for the past several years, has been used to...
Protecting Your Meeting Network and Attendee Data
Rampant identity theft and credit card fraud have raised awareness that personal information must be protected. But if you think these issues are only...
Outsourcing/Independent Planners
Who's Manning the Meeting
Like any good meeting planner, Loretta Lowe, CMP, can juggle many tasks at one time. But try as she might, she can't be in more than one place at a time....
Graphic Recording Draws Adherents
Initially, clients like the novelty of graphic recording, but once they actually experience it, they see the value of it, says Charles Alday, president,...
On the Road with Honda
When Honda Started talking to potential partners that could execute a roadshow for its new Fit vehicle, it wasn't looking for one company to create a...
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