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A lively group of planners and hospitality partners attended the 2011 FICP West Region meeting immediately preceding FICP’s Education Forum at The Grand Del Mar in San Diego. The event included roundtable talks, a trends panel, keynoter Ann Kelly of MBD ......More

Meet Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Region Chair Julie Zimmerman of Aviva....More

Top of mind for Debbie Boschee, CMP, vice president, conference and meeting services, at Prudential, is that company executives are not mandated to use her planners to manage their programs. “We are like an outside company,” she says. That means top-notch customer service is a contant focus for her and her team. How do they deliver?...More

Proscenium Group is long on creativity and experience, short on overhead....More

Nearly 200 planners and hospitality partners gathered at The Grand Del Mar in San Diego in June for the 2011 Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Education Forum. Keynote speakers including author and multigenerational expert Cheryl Cran and entrepreneur and reality-TV regular Bill Rancic, while practical breakout sessions featured experts in the areas of mobile meeting apps, strategic meetings management, e-mail management, and more. A highlight of the event was performance artist David Garibaldi, whose aerobic portrait painting had to be seen to be believed! Garibaldi tied in with FICP’s giveback activity. Read all about it—and check out our photo gallery for more shots like this one, of Forum attendees Kathy Kozminske, Associated Luxury Hotels International (left), and Heidi Carlisle, Aflac...More

Our webinar panelist field 10 questions about developing mobile apps for meetings....More

Get to know Primerica's vice president, meetings and conventions, based in Duluth, Ga....More

Get to know Jeff Leggett, Meeting Manager, Co-operators Insurance in Kingston, Ontario...More

The Meetings Technology Expo, dormant since 2009, will open its doors in New York City May 25 for a one-day show covering the fast-moving world of meetings technology....More

eTouches, an event technology company in Ridgefield, Conn., is making it simple for customers of its Web-based meeting planning tools to launch mobile apps for their meetings and events....More

Get to know James Zankel, CMP, CMM, Meeting Planner, NCCI, Boca Raton, Fla., FICP Southeast Region Vice Chair...More