You have everyone together in one room facing the stage—now what? A corporate event or annual meeting is only as effective as its script is engaging. Here are five tips to write a script that will keep their rapt attention throughout the entire g...

The Obama Administration has issued a memorandum that loosens the noose around government attendance at conferences that has been in place since a crackdown four years ago that called for a 30 percent reduction in travel expenses through FY 2016...

To determine the right questions to measure meeting effectiveness, we did a deep dive into our meeting survey response databases containing thousands of different post-meeting evaluation surveys. Our goal was to learn which meeting evaluation sur...

On the campaign stump, the U.S. president-elect swore repeatedly that he would “drain the swamp” of special interests and lobbyists who regularly swarm Capitol Hill to wheedle, wheel, and deal to get elected officials to give those special intere...

The American Society for Association Executives has opened registration for the next American Associations Day. To be held March 15–16, 2017, in Washington, D.C., the program is designed to enable association executives to meet with members of Co...

Lincoln Center Festival's Nigel Redden fielded questions from the press to New York City Ballet’s Peter Martins, Paris Opera Ballet’s Aurélie Dupont, and Bolshoi Ballet’s Makhar Vaziev.When the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts wanted to let...

The way author and trainer Merrick Rosenberg looks at the world, the Golden Rule gets turned on its ear. The CEO of Take Flight Learning told the more than 800 meeting professionals at the 2016 Pharma Forum that successful relationships aren’t ab...

Four women executives shared career advice during a mainstage panel discussion at Pharma Forum 2016, held March 20–23 at New York City’s Marriott Marquis. Though billed as way to help women break the glass ceiling, the conversation...

Jere Thomas is a brave soul. Midway through her presentation at the Pharma Forum, she asked her audience of medical meeting professionals and suppliers to reveal, via audience response technology, what other tasks they’d been tending to...

Today's guest post is by Trade Show Strategy Specialist Robyn Davis. What do associations need to do to support their exhibitors and, ultimately, encourage them to return year after year? Generally speaking, you have to: • Set yourself apar...