December 2007
Cover Stories
Bias? What Bias?
To make a meeting truly welcoming to all, you first have to examine your own biases-and those of your organization....
17 Ways to Be More Inclusive
Meeting planners are becoming very attuned to their members' cultural issues these days and making decisions accordingly. For example, the National Council...
Can't We All Get Along?
Specialty associations for racial, cultural, ethnic, religious, gender, sexual orientation, and other constituencies are popping up like mushrooms after...
Check In
Checking My Baggage
Of all the bumper stickers that kept the fender of my old VW bug from falling off when I was in college, my favorite was one that read Question Authority....
Keynotes
Get Real
James Gilmore and B. Joseph Pine II, authors of The Experience Economy, the 1999 book that argued that businesses of all kinds must orchestrate memorable...
Proceed with Caution
While the meeting and exhibition industry is rapidly growing, some cities are proceeding cautiously with convention center expansion projects. A big issue,...
Event Organizers Count on Audits
Attendance numbers, demographics, qualified buyers, return on investment it's the type of data that exhibitors want and it's what event organizers like...
Rochester Wants You
When a military group is in town on a site inspection visit, it certainly doesn't hurt if they happen to bump into a couple of war heroes, Sen. John McCain...
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...
Business Casual
What Attendees Really Want
Sung to the tune of ,these parody lyrics to The Buffet provided a tickle-the-funny-bone moment in the closing act of The Association, an original play...
Breakouts
How to Plan Outdoor Events
Some outdoor settings are magnificent. Views of mountains, water, and cityscapes are superb backdrops to any event, day or night. An added benefit with...
Site Selection for Small Meetings
A meeting for five to 100 people takes just as much time and effort as planning for thousands. But the little touches that may go unnoticed by a large...
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....
5 Tips for Handling International Attendees
Charged with planning a meeting with attendees from around the world? If so, join the crowd. In Houston alone, there are more than 3,000 local businesses,...
Sites
Hyatt Regency Indianapolis
After a $13 million renovation, the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis has added 10,000 square feet of meeting space. The centerpiece of the project is the new...
Florida Meetings Planner's Guide
The big news in Florida is downtown. Cities are booming with new entertainment, restaurants, and shopping, while construction near the convention centers...
The Mid-Atlantic States
Tourism in the Mid-Atlantic states seems to have fully recovered from the events of September 11, 2001. New York, Washington, D.C., Atlantic City, and...
Back Talk
You Know You've Been Flying too Much When
You start referring to cities by airport code rather than by name.CATHRYN I. WANDERS, CEM, EXHIBIT OPERATIONS MANAGER, OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, WASHINGTON,...
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