As the nation, paralyzed with horror, watched the destruction of the World Trade Center and the attack on the Pentagon September 11, people throughout the meeting industry united to help colleagues in need. One vital source of information was the...

Ann Needham Executive Secretary for Leadership Development The United Methodist Church New York, N.Y...

Don't tell second-tier cities there's a young but persistent “bear” market at the door of the U.S. economy. Frankly, many of them don't have time to think about it. They're too busy preparing for conventions anticipated for years to come...

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Hattie Hill interviewed 2,800 women for her book, Smart Women, Smart Choices. She's chief executive officer of Hattie Hill Enterprises Inc., a training and consulting firm in Dallas. Here's what she has to say about working women...

The Sunday after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., my and I sat in the farthest corner of the balcony at our place of worship. It was the 9:45 a.m. service, our congregation's most popular service...

“We had grown the show as much as we ever would,” says Jack Cergol, chief staff executive of the Alexandria, Va.-based National Spa and Pool Institute. The group's annual two-and-a-half-day meeting was attracting 600 to 700 exhibitors and 12,000...

At the August annual meeting of the American Society of Association Executives in Philadelphia, Association Meetings held a roundtable discussion on why there are so few women leaders when there are so many women in the industry. We knew we had...

Donald Ehler has been serving God and his faith for more than 35 years and has earned the right to use his e-mail handle, “chman1,” as in “church man number one.” ...

Just about the time you get used to your trusty notebook computer, new devices are making their way into the meeting planning arena. They come in a wide range of types and shapes (Palms, PocketPCs, Blackberry pagers, Internet-enabled cellphones...