Losing a job can be devastating and finding a new opportunity can be tough these days. But what seems like an ending could be the start of something great,...More
Maarten Vanneste has been the CEO of meeting production firm Abbit Meeting Support, based in Belgium, since 1982. His interest in meeting format and design,...More
An hour-long webinar, “How to Write a Mission Statement and Stick to It,” held April 16 and sponsored by the Alliance for CME, focused on how to write a mission statement that meets the Accreditation Council for CME's updated accreditation criteria....More
The Convention Industry Council, the Washington, D.C.-based umbrella organization for 31 associations in the meeting and exhibition industry, made a series...More
(President, Harith Productions, Willow Grove, Pa., and recent three-time Crystal Award winner) If you could be anywhere in the world, where would you...More
(President, The Meeting Candidate Network, New York) If you could be anywhere in the world, where would you be? New Zealand or Australia more realistically,...More
Lynn Ridzon's moment came early on in her career. It was the early 1990s and Ridzon was working as a planner in the marketing and communications department...More
The Professional Convention Management Association recently released the names of its 2008 board of director nominees. These nominees, if elected, will...More
Certified Meeting Professionals, while mostly satisfied with the value of their professional designation, are looking for improvements to the program,...More
Senior-level planners from a range of companies, including Bristol Myers-Squibb, BMW, CVS, The Schwan Food Co., and Tupperware convened in early September...More
Within 10 years, the number of Gen X and Y'ers in the workplace will surpass the number of baby boomers. I recently participated in an educational session...More
Corporate Meetings & Incentives: What are your expectations for this year's show? Erickson: We had more than 13,000 attendees last year, and anticipate...More
Attendees at Meeting Professionals Interna-tional's World Education Conference, held July 28 to 31 in Montral, heard about many steps the association...More
Positioning yourself as a strategic planner, speaking at industry events, being featured in the media--these and many other tactics are what it takes to build your own brand and get recognized, both inside and outside your organization....More
Planners often take a circuitous route to the meeting profession. Here's how six people--including a former ballet dancer, parole officer, accountant, and gemologoist--landed the meeting planning jobs that they were always meant to have....More
Meeting Professionals International's 2007-2008 leadership assumed their roles July 1, bringing in a board of directors headed by Angie Pfeifer, CMM,...More
Dan Parks is president and creative director of Corporate Planners Unlimited Inc.; a founding members of MeCo, The Meetings Community Listserv; and creator of the MeCo Mansion in Second Life....More
