June 1, 2008 CMI
Features
20 Changemakers
These individuals have driven SMMP in their companies, advanced their roles as meeting pros, and are helping to take our industry to the next level. ...
What is a Changemaker?
We chose the word changemaker to describe our cover story subjects because these 20 individuals aren't just managers or team leaders or decision-makers....
How We Chose Our Changemakers
In March, Corporate Meetings & Incentives launched the 20 Changemakers project. We reached out to the editors of Financial & Insurance Meetings and Medical...
Degree Soup
As meeting planning reaches a new level of professionalism, the number of degrees and certificate programs has taken off. But will they help you to get a job? ...
Keynotes
Defining Breining
Her company is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and she has co-written a book on ROI. Terri Breining is one busy woman...
Making GMIC Sustainable
The Green Meeting Industry Council's search for a new executive director has ended. The Portland, Ore.-based organization appointed Tamara Kennedy Hill...
Incentive Analysis
Conventional wisdom, when it comes to incentive conferences, says that a slew of senior executives must attend to mingle and bond with producers. But...
Training in Disguise
When a major pharmaceutical company planned a drug launch meeting in New York for 150 sales reps last October, it needed to ensure that the information...
Breakouts
Information Is Power
Getting your arms around meetings spend is one of the most challenging aspects of developing a strategic meetings management program. Spend is typically...
Ah, the Ambience
Dcor is much more than tablecloths and place settings. It's about creating a sensory experience sight, sound, scent when attendees enter a room. To start,...
Plan a Family-Friendly Meeting
Family-inclusive meetings show employees that their time away from home is valued. A provider specializing in child care for conventions offers advice...
The Wright Brothers Were Wrong
I think I know why the economy is in trouble: business travel. Billions of dollars worth of business deals are conducted daily by people who, after the...
Sue Tinnish
Recently appointed director of the Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) program, Sue heads her own company, SEAL, in Arlington Heights, Ill. If you could...
Sites
Gaylord National Debuts
Gaylord Hotels celebrated in a big way on April 25, the grand opening of its newest property, the $865 million Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center...
New England
When sunny days return to the Northeast, the sounds of backhoes, saws, and hammers rev up to let planners know that the New England states are getting...
Central Florida
Orlando's ever-expanding accommodations menu is taking on a luxury theme. With existing properties and those under construction, Orlando will feature...
9th Annual Las Vegas Corporate Invitational Vegas Golf at Its Finest
Over the past decade, Las Vegas has become known as a golf destination par excellence, and this year's Las Vegas Corporate Invitational Golf Tournament...
Feel Like a Rock Star
From the moment I pulled up to the Hard Rock Hotel Universal Orlando, I knew I was in for an experience. The doorman poked fun at my shirt, which happened...
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