March 2009 FIM
COVER STORY
Buried in Bad News? Your SMMP is Your Lifeline.
Looking with dread at the year ahead? You're not alone. Your peers also are canceling programs, losing meeting team members, and trying to stay positive...
TAKING STOCK —WITH EDITOR REGINA BARABAN
Stand Up and Be Heard
Like it or not, our industry is in the spotlight. There’s plenty you can do to stand and be heard about why meetings matter....
OPENING BELL
Saving Meetings: A Call to Action
Meet Brenda Anderson, CEO of Site, and learn how the industry is rallying to save meetings....
Execs Weigh in on Incentives
In a survey conducted by LIMRA International, a research and marketing association of life insurance and financial services companies, projections for 2010 were cautiously optimistic...
Sharing Best Practices
When Michael Burke, CMP, manager, conference & travel services, The Hanover Insurance Group, and Jennifer Squeglia, CMP, RLC Events, began designing a...
FICP Talk Radio: Meetings a Must
Maintaining a commitment to meetings will be crucial as companies try to climb out of the economic hole created by the recession, said Larry Roth, president and CEO of the AIG Advisor Group, and other panelists on a February 18 “State of the Industry” audioconference organized by Financial and Insurance Conference Planners. ...
Virtual Meetings Seen as Biggest Influence for '09
Given a list of 12 possible influences on meetings for 2009, U.S.-based planner respondents to Meeting Professionals International's new FutureWatch study...
FEATURES
Worst Year Ever for the Meetings Industry
Pick a statistic—any statistic: For suppliers to the meetings and incentives industry, the forecast for 2009 is as grim as it gets. But look hard: Is that a ray of hope ahead in 2010?...
FICP NEWSLETTER
FICP Profile: Kim Boriin, CMP
An interview with FICP’s vice president, education...
Great Takeaways from FICP Regionals
The FICP 2009 West Coast chapter meeting kicked off at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa, January 4-6 in Hollywood, Calif. Co-chairs Todd Zint, CMP,...
SITES
A Georgia Legacy
Legacy Lodge & Conference Center at Lake Lanier Island Resort opened north of Atlanta in August 2008 as part of the first phase of a 10-year, multimillion-dollar...
The Mid-Atlantic States
There are still bright spots in these dark days many of them on the Mid-Atlantic Coast. With a new administration in place, excitement is infusing Washington,...
CLOSING BELL
Dale's Laughter Stimulus Package
We have a new president and thus far, no magic has occurred. I don't know what everybody expected but no seas have parted, no miracle has been witnessed,...
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