June 1, 2011
COVER STORY
The CMP 25 Years from Now
Celebrating 25 years of the Certified Meeting Professional designation, the Convention Industry Council puts the pieces in place for international growth....
Check In with Editorial Director Betsy Bair
Use Your Meeting Planning Skills to Help Others
Recent horrific weather-related disasters can bring out the good in the meeting planning community...
Keynotes
Women, Leadership, and the Meetings Industry
A survey by Susan Sarfati, CEO, High Performance Strategies LLC, and Liz Jackson, president, Jackson Consulting Inc., helped shape the content for IMEX's first Women’s Leadership Forum....
The iPad for Meetings—Your Key to Engaging Attendees
A new whitepaper from TBA Global outlines what “the tablet network” means for the future of event marketing—and reviews the five most popular tablets....
What Made You Want to Pursue a Meeting Planning Degree?
Karla Washington, Meeting and Event Management Student, University of Nevada-Las Vegas ...
7 Things Meeting Planners Need to Know About Bedbugs
You’ve probably heard that bedbugs have made a comeback in the United States over the past decade, but just how serious is it? ...
University of Alabama Meeting Professor Recounts Tuscaloosa Twister
Tyra Hilliard, PhD, CMP, who teaches meeting and convention planning courses in the University of Alabama's Restaurant, Hotel, and Meeting Management program, recounts her experience when a mighty tornado hit Tuscaloosa....
ICCA Ranks a Record Number of Events; China and Madrid Keep Gaining Popularity
The United States and Vienna kept their first-place positions in ICCA's annual list of the top convention countries and cities. Check out the big movers....
FEATURES
Meeting Planning College Curriculum is Growing
A new resource has been released—the Meeting and Business Events Competency Standards—helping academics and industry professionals find core competencies...
Breakouts
Mobile Technology Strategies for Meetings
Attendees spend more time using their browsers than any other software. ...
8 Tips on How to Negotiate Great Contracts
Everything is negotiable, the saying goes, but smart negotiators know they have to prioritize their needs, wants, and interests...
Sites
Last Word
Commentary: The Smoke and Mirrors Behind Social Media
What if the incessant buzz about social media for meetings is mostly smoke and mirrors? ...
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