Find the Right Registration Fee that Brings Revenue and Attendees to Your Meeting

Association meeting pros can learn something from yield management strategies when setting registration fees...

Proposed Government Ban Could Chill Meetings

By Betsy Bair

A new government policy could have chilling effects on the association meetings industry....

Green Meetings Workbook Saves You Time and Money

Planning greener meetings doesn’t have to be complicated and it certainly doesn’t have to be expensive. ...

How Associations Can Get More Sponsorship Dollars

By Dave Kovaleski

If association leaders would adopt a new approach to corporate partnerships, they could claim a much larger share of the North American sponsorship market, a new study by IEG concludes...

Local Budget Cuts Don’t Keep This Association’s Meeting Down

By Dave Kovaleski

APCO goes grassroots, uses video to boost attendance ...

IAEE Wi-Fi Survey: Who Should Pay?

By Sue Hatch

As smartphones and tablet devices multiply, attendees and exhibitors need and expect good-quality Internet connectivity at their convention locations. But who should pay for it? ...

7 Ways to Save Money Buying Wine for Events

BY MARK KUSTWAN

While it may be difficult to negotiate drink prices, there are still ways you can cut expenses without lowering the quality of your event...

Dental Group Leads HCEA’s List of the 50 Largest 2010 American Medical Meetings

According to the Healthcare Convention & Exhibitors Association, dentists are gathering in record numbers these days: The largest U.S. medical meeting held in 2010 was the Greater New York Dental Meeting, which drew 58,135 attendees. ...

Tips for Terminating Your Hotel Contract

How to safely cancel your hotel contract for reasons other than a “force majeure occurrence” ...

Mobile Meeting Apps Are a Must: A How-To Guide

By Alison Hall

Research says smartphone owners use apps on those phones more than they talk on them. Are they using your meeting app yet?...

10 Steps to Finding, and Maximizing, the Perfect Professional Speaker

By Diane Goodman

With thousands of professional speakers on the marketplace, finding the perfect speaker--one who fits your budget, is available, and is approved by your internal clients--can be an enormous challenge....

Commentary: Curing the Hiccups at a Hybrid Meeting

By Mitchell Beer, CMM

When major hiccups emerged at the end of EventCamp Twin Cities 2011 (ECTC11) last week, organizers turned an almost comically bad moment into a learning opportunity. ...