August 1, 2004
Cover Story
MEETINGS on the Far Side
DAN MEYER IS YOUR AVERAGE, EVERYDAY-LOOKING GUY He's married, lives in Nashville, and works for a company that provides Internet access to some 1,900...
First
Mission Critical: Delivering Exhibitor ROI
The key to our future is finding innovative ways to help exhibitors, observed Sam Lippman, co-organizer of the Exhibition and Convention Executives Forum,...
AM INDEX: AUGUST 2004
Number of Certified Meeting Professionals.
9,356
New Chapter for ASAE Begins
With the merger of the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives into the American Society of Association Executives, a new chapter begins...
Lending a Helping Hand
Aspiring meeting planners will find a growing list of industry scholarships and internships. Here's one example: the University of Nevada, Las Vegas'...
How Sarbanes-Oxley Affects Associations
The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) bill, introduced by Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., and Rep. Michael Oxley, R-Ohio, was enacted in 2002 to increase corporate responsibility...
Sorry, You Walk
CLAUSE: No Room at the Inn In an effort to maximize their revenues, hotels regularly sell more hotel rooms than they have for a given night. This concept...
An American Odyssey
Writer Brian O'Hagan is on a four-month journey across the United States to see a different kind of America the nonprofit America. O'Hagan, a London native...
Solutions
How to Really Hear Your Exhibitors
How far do you go to keep your exhibitors satisfied? Holding a post-show meeting to get feedback, or hosting a getting to know the show management breakfast...
Mapping Change
Sunlight streamed through the windows, highlighting heads bent together as six groups of attendees grappled with some pretty big topics how to avoid overcommitting...
5 Ways to Give Back
Why not add an element of charity to your event a way to give back to the community or the environment?...
e-Tool Facilitates F2F Networking
If you run large meetings at which networking is a priority and you've got budget to spare to make that networking happen read on. A tech tool called...
Features
[INSIDE TS2]
A confluence of international events and economic trends conspired to cast TS2 The Trade Show About Trade Shows into a three-year downward spiral that...
7 Deadly Sins of Executive Retreats
All too often, board and committee meetings and executive retreats feel more like the yearly visit to the dentist: No one really wants to go, the experience...
Commentary
Making Connections
This month's cover story got me thinking about the French aristocrat who visited America in 1831 and whose observations about our democracy and the American...
Letters to the Editor
A Different Take on DNC Planning I thought it might be interesting to get the perspective of someone immediately affected by the Democratic National Convention....
Special Section
INNER CIRCLE 2004 Award Winners
Congratulations to our Inner Circle Award winners for 2004! Readers of Association Meetings magazine have chosen 30 hotel winners in our 13th annual Inner...
Sites
Mexico's Riviera Maya Gets New Center
TIRED OF CANCUN? Planners now have a new nearby convention destination to consider: Riviera Maya, the fast- developing coastline south of Cancun and north...
Sandestin Beach and Golf Resort
Have you discovered Florida's Northwest coast yet? The stretch of beaches in Florida's panhandle is known as The Emerald Coast. Think soft sea breezes,...
Mobile, Ala.
Wireless Internet access is the latest addition to the Mobile Convention Center. Access is available throughout the facility and also on the terraces....
Planners Hit the Greens in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is rapidly becoming one of the hottest destinations in the Caribbean for meetings and conventions. Now, with new hotel rooms, golf courses,...
Back of the House
Of CPAs, New Orleans, and Green Fairies
Attendees at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in New Orleans got a visit from a special guest at the welcome...
Public Speaking 101
Professional speakers are tough acts for association executives to follow, literally. But execs and other amateur speakers at the American Payroll Association,...
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