January 2011 FIM

Financial & Insurance Meetings

Want to Boost Your Negotiating Leverage? Book a Hotel Before It Opens

Lynne Schueler has made a habit of booking non-existent properties. It’s a strategy that gets her some fantastic deals—in exchange for taking on some risk and uncertainty....

Top 8 Entertainment Trends for 2011

You might be able to afford a big name, and you might want to reconsider that country band. Read on for more about those trends and six more that event entertainment veteran Bill Hopkins sees ahead for 2011....

16 Tips for a Healthy, Balanced 2011

To inspire you to start the new year on a healthy and energetic note, we asked insurance and financial services meeting planners and hospitality partners to share their best tips for feeling great and traveling well....

Designing a New Incentive Program

Knowing how to set goals that offer just the right level of challenge for potential qualifiers is one of the first steps....

Community Service at Meetings: What You Get from Giving Back

Get the biggest impact when you customize your giveback program to suit your company, your attendees, and your meeting....

Note from Editor-at-Large Regina Baraban: Your Ethics Barometer

To make an ethical decision, ask yourself these challenge questions....

FICP Newsletter

FICP Annual Conference Wraps Up 2010 on a High Note

Financial & Insurance Conference Planners members and hospitality partners brought optimism, energy, and education to the Fontainebleau Miami Beach....

What Attendees Are Saying about the 2010 FICP Annual Conference

First-timers and long-timers comment on the 2010 Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Annual Conference...

FICP 2011 Board Profile: Kelli Livers, CMP

Meet the Director, Travel and Administrative Services, at Forethought Financial Group in Houston, Texas...

FICP Region Chair Profile: Jennifer Sisk

Meet the Director of Events, at Cole Real Estate Investments in Phoenix, Ariz., and FICP’s West Region Chair ...

FICP Says Fond Farewell, But Not Goodbye, to Two Longtime Planner Members

Some of the buzz at the 2010 FICP Annual Conference concerned the retirement of two longtime FICP members who also happen to be two of the nicest guys in the business: Ken Pickle and Michael Key....

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