Professional speakers are tough acts for association executives to follow, literally. But execs and other amateur speakers at the American Payroll Association, San Antonio, Texas, don't have a problem when it comes to addressing a crowd...

CLAUSE: No Room at the Inn ...

Six years ago, newly married, Charles Melear and his wife had a choice: follow his church headquarters from Los Angeles to Cincinnati or move to Fort Collins, Colo...

A picture tells a thousand words, especially if it's not on PowerPoint. Enter graphic recording, the art of visually capturing the information conveyed at a meeting as well as the energy and the tenor of the discussion...

How far do you go to keep your exhibitors satisfied? Holding a post-show meeting to get feedback, or hosting a “getting to know the show management” breakfast during the meeting is no longer enough, said panelists during a session at the...

All too often, board and committee meetings and executive retreats feel more like the yearly visit to the dentist: No one really wants to go, the experience can be painful, and participants are frequently relieved when it's over. All of which...

TIRED OF CANCUN...

Christy Richards is a rare breed in the meeting planning business. She doesn't “do” attrition. Never has and, she hopes, never will. The meeting planner for the Chicago-based National Association of Realtors avoids the “A” word by employing a room...

A confluence of international events and economic trends conspired to cast TS2 — The Trade Show About Trade Shows — into a three-year downward spiral that shrank the show floor by 38 percent. As the number of exhibitors dropped from 322 in 2001 to...

Aspiring meeting planners will find a growing list of industry scholarships and internships. Here's one example: the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration's tourism and convention department now offers...