New MeetingMetrics tool connects presenters and attendees before your event, allowing participants to share their preferences for content, structure, learning styles, and more....More
It's already possible to track attendees' movements through your meetings. Imagine constant feedback on whether they are alert, confused, engaged, or bored......More
Attendees can get your content anywhere, anytime. But they will pay to be connected with experts who can put it in context, and peers who will review it with them....More
With insight that can help you show the value of your business to hotels while showing cost-effectiveness to executives, industry veterans Mark Benson, CMP, and Todd Mickey have joined forces to launch Applied Meetings & Hospitality Solutions....More
Entertainment and speaker bureau SME rebrands and expands after joining world's largest entertainment company, offering corporate clients access to artists like Jewel (pictured)....More
The second whitepaper released as part of the Meeting Professionals International Future of Meetings project should really get you thinking. There’s participant-driven content (brainjams), a doubting Thomas (calling it “neuro”-something doesn’t make it science), and the prediction that future attendees will pay for only what they get out of your meeting....More
Today's tougher meeting negotiating environment represents hotels trying to restore equilibrium, not hotels getting overly aggressive. That's the pitch Michael Dominguez, senior vice president, MGM Resorts, made to attendees at the recent Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Association annual conference....More
With more than 675 planners and hospitality partners in attendance, the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners 2012 Annual Conference came alive at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE. Our photo gallery reveals members hard at work in education sessions and networking events.
Increase your booking window and tie events to objectives: Two pieces of advice from U.S. Travel's Roger Dow to more than 675 attendees at the 2012 Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Annual Conference in Los Angeles....More
In addition to nearly record attendance of more than 675 planners and hospitality partners at its 2012 Annual Conference, Financial & Insurance Conference Planners announced it has reached a milestone of 600 members. We’re on the scene at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE....More
Interview with Shelia Cleary, Director, Recognition & Conferences, National Life Group, Montpelier, Vermont, and FICP Northeast Region Vice Chair...More
Why do we meet? To learn, network, collaborate, and have fun. And sometimes to give back, as Dana Devoe (pictured, at left) and Kristal Cardoni, of Fidelity Investments did during FICP's build-a-bear project....More
Financial and insurance companies, many of which spurned overseas meetings in the years after the mortgage crisis, now are booking incentive programs throughout Europe....More
Meeting planners and Ritz-Carlton representatives talked trends at this year's Insurance Advisory Board meeting, including Pam Ferguson of Ritz-Carlton (pictured, left) and Daniele Menache of AllianceBernstein...More
Natalie Wilson, CMP, RBC Global Asset Management Inc., offers a recap of the compelling speakers and top-notch networking attendees experienced in Niagara Falls, Ontario....More
Liberty Mutual's Mary Keough-Anderson turned meeting planning team members into strategic partners with meeting owners—and models for the future of event management....More
Multigenerational speakers can explain how to define expectations, behaviors, and workload management among the different age groups in the office....More
We're giving you the takeaways from our recent gathering of meeting professionals, who shared advice and lessons learned in the area of strategic meetings management....More
Searching for a keynote speaker can be like a theatrical production: It involves many players and can be full of adventure, excitement, and, perhaps a little heartbreak....More
