February 1, 2009
Cover Story
How Some Planners Are Reinventing Their Meetings
You could look at today’s economic stresses and hunker down. Or you could join us in learning from association meeting planners who are ringing in some changes that might let them do more than survive—that might even make their meetings stronger. ...
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Reinventing the Association Meeting
Reinvention is nowhere near as sexy a word as, say, innovation or creation, is it? Yet I would argue that reinvention is going to be the thing that will pull associations—and everyone—out of our recessionary rut....
Keynotes
Jumping The Fence
CB Wismar spent his formative years, professionally speaking, honing his skills working at some of the biggest names in the events business, including...
Airline Execs Discuss Meetings and Air Travel
They may not be able to get you out of the middle seat, but the heads of two major airlines speaking at the Professional Convention Management Association annual meeting in New Orleans in January told meeting planners that they want to help you get your attendees to your next meeting. ...
Meetings Industry Groups Launch Research on Economic Impact of Meetings
Leaders from across the meetings industry have announced their intention to launch an advocacy and research initiative to determine the economic impact of the meetings industry....
State of Social Technologies Adoption Survey Released
The State of Social Technologies Adoption Survey” is an in-depth look at how 280 associations are using social technology....
Idea Exchange
Learning and the Law
It would be hard to find anyone who's traveled the career path of TYRA W. HILLIARD, Esq., CMP. Having moved from meeting planner to CVB staffer to hotel...
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Breakouts
Sense and Sensibility: Engage All Senses for F&B Success
When you select menu items consider the five senses: smell, taste, touch, sight, sound....
Is Google After Your Job?
Fire Your Event Planner What? That headline couldn't be right. But a very popular technology blog, called Make Use Of (www.makeuseof.com), argues in a...
How to Market Yourself
You have to speak up to stand out in a challenging economy....
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Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rico Convention Bureau, supported by MeetingsNet magazines and media, hosted the 7th Annual Meet the Greens Golf Invitational and Marketplace...
Association Meetings 2008 Inner Circle Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2008 Winners of the Inner Circle Award...
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The outlook for meetings in Georgia and the Carolinas is strong, with the new Raleigh (N.C.) Convention Center and Marriott Hotel, a new Gateway Center...
Back Talk
Overheard at the Professional Convention Management Association annual meeting in New Orleans in January
Our editors eavesdropped at the Professional Convention Management Association annual meeting in New Orleans in January. Here’s some of what we overheard....
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