Special Report
Meeting Planning Basics
A collection of resources surrounding the basics of meeting planning.
Planning a Meeting Entails 29,750 Decisions
It's been said that meeting planners have to juggle a million different things at once on site, but that's not really true. It's actually more like 29,750....
Planning Meetings at non-U.S. Properties is Different
Beyond Borders: What's the biggest surprise in terms of international contract negotiation? Elaine Macy: There are a few: no attrition clauses, as in...
Meeting Planning Definition: Pre-Con
What's the Point? The pre-con meeting, typically held on-site a day or two before an event, is your opportunity to review the meeting's details and timeline...
Meeting Planner Mascots
Meeting Planner Mascots Democrats have donkeys, Republicans have elephants, but what animal would be represent meeting planners? We recently asked readers...
Planning Problems Solved
Solving problems in the meeting planning industry...
Registration for Massive Meetings
Think fast: what’s the largest meeting ever held? Or take a few minutes—you might come up empty anyway. You’ve probably heard of the Catholic church’s World Youth Day, but perhaps only in the context of the enormous public mass that makes headlines worldwide. ...
Income and Expense Planning
The key to developing an income and expense budget is to include every element that may be part of your event. It is better to maintain a complete list...
Meeting Planning: More Than a Hobby
Hobbies? Who needs hobbies when you spend your free time planning meetings and conferences? If Harry Schmidt has free time when he's not in his professional...
What advice do you have for those who are new to meeting planning?
Sheila O'Connor Director of Events and Conferencing Midland Lutheran College Fremont, Neb. Don't be afraid to jump in with both feet. As far as meeting...
Is There Life After Meeting Planning?
For years, meeting-planning jobs have been positioned by the industry as leading to a chance to rub elbows with the movers and shakers of a company. Do...
Strategic Planning 101
Strategic planning is a disciplined effort to make fundamental decisions and take actions that shape and guide what an organization is, what it does,...
The Art of Unplanning
Making the difficult decision to cancel or postpone a meeting is the most disappointing, challenging, and thankless part of our job as meeting planners....
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