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Jan. 11, 2013

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Yet More Predictions for Meetings in 2013 7

PlanYourMeetings.com, the German Convention Bureau, and IMEX America on meetings in 2013 and beyond....More
Jan. 4, 2013

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Meetings of the Future: Content, Context, and Connections

With content being readily available for free now via the Web, will content still be the main driver for your future attendees?...More
Jan. 2, 2013

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Meetings in 2012 and Beyond: Predictions, Predictions, and More Predictions

What will 2013 bring for meetings—and meeting planners? Maybe just more of the same....More
Jan. 1, 2013

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Future of Meetings: Knowing How Attendees Are Feeling, Even if They Don’t Tell You 9

It's already possible to track attendees' movements through your meetings. Imagine constant feedback on whether they are alert, confused, engaged, or bored......More
Dec. 28, 2012

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Content is Not King in Future of Meetings 14

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
Dec. 20, 2012

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5 Theme Ideas for Corporate Galas 3

Five themes that will make your event more memorable....More
Dec. 10, 2012

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Try a Brainjam but Mind the Neuro-Marketing: Meeting Success in the Future 4

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
Dec. 7, 2012

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TV+ Social Media = A New Way to Engage Employees and Customers 20

Take static, one-way communication tools such as webcasts and e-mails, and turn them into an ongoing, two-way strategy that both informs and engages internal employees and external customers. That's the pitch behind INXPO's new Social Business TV (home screen pictured)....More
Dec. 5, 2012

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IAEE to Co-Locate Midyear Meeting With ASAE’s Annual Meeting

The International Association of Exhibitions and Events will co-locate its Midyear Meeting with ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership’s annual meeting next August in Atlanta....More
Dec. 4, 2012

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A Face-to-Face Meetings Facelift: Tactics for Enhancing Attendee Experiences 1

A wallflower. A bystander. A fly on the wall. When an association management team is doing its job, these types of meeting attendees are a thing of the past....More
Nov. 29, 2012

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Why You Should Invite Puppies to Your Next Meeting

Study finds that viewing cute animal pictures helps people improve their focus....More
Nov. 27, 2012

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Internal Meetings: Useful, Timewasters, or Both?

This infographic says that 47 percent of people think meetings are their biggest timewasters at work....More
Nov. 27, 2012

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Try This: The “Grain in Maine” Teambuilding Experience 1

A sneaker company takes its designers on a surfboard-building team retreat....More
Nov. 27, 2012

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Novel Concept: Reward Good Behavior to Get More of It 10

NYT columnist David Brooks reminds us of a key adult education basic: Rewarding good behavior works better than punishing bad behavior....More
Nov. 19, 2012

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GBTA Foundation’s Launches Sustainability Awards

The Global Business Travel Association Foundation has a new awards program for sustainable business travel and meetings....More
Nov. 16, 2012

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How to "Bazinga" Your Attendees

Just when you thought the flash mob was dead, a TV show gives it a new spin....More
Nov. 6, 2012

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3-D Printing and More: The Future of Meeting Design 17

The MPI Foundation looks outside the meeting industry for clues to the future of events and meeting design....More
Oct. 29, 2012

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Hurricane Sandy: How Many Meetings Did Climate Change Take Out This Week?

After everyone re-emerges from Hurricane Sandy, it’s essential that we think about how this kind of bizarrely severe weather is caused or worsened by climate change....More
Oct. 29, 2012

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Get Ready for Engagement Marketing to Replace Meeting Planning 6

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
Oct. 25, 2012

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Nestlé Purina’s Heart-Pumping Client Events 6

For one manager at Nestlé Purina PetCare, race car driving has become his go-to teambuilding event....More
Oct. 22, 2012

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CSR and Incentives: Building a Company Tradition

A new library in Siem Reap, Cambodia, donated by Room to Read...More
Oct. 15, 2012

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An Ethical, Responsible Meetings Industry: Finding Our Way to Imagine, Nation

A very special delivery arrived a couple of weeks ago: My copy of Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility....More
Oct. 8, 2012

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CIC's Pacesetter Awards Handed Out at IMEX America

Amy Spatrisano, principal at MeetGreen, was among the first to be recognized in the Convention Industry Council’s new Pacesetter Awards program....More
Oct. 2, 2012

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Great charity idea: recycling hotel pillowcases 1

Kudos to the Embassy Suites Hotel in Charlotte, N.C., for repurposing old pillowcases into dresses for impoverished girls in Haiti....More
Oct. 1, 2012

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How to build excitement at an event 1

What event planners can learn from a Coke ad....More