When it comes to overseas negotiations, facilities and contracts, failing to understand differences can lead to costly--and embarrassing--mistakes...

“Meetings will be designed in a looser, less structured manner so that participants can play a greater role in determining the design, structure, and focus of each gathering.” ...

First the good news. Our recent reader poll found that most respondents do not feel the economic downturn has had a significant impact on their meetings this year, and most are not cutting back attendance projections for next year. (See cover...

It's easy to underestimate costs associated with offshore meetings--there are, for one thing, more expenses involved. Here is some help for managing the bottom line...

Think stand, not booth. Think fair, not show. And be ready to do business...

The brilliance of a painting can be seen in the details of each brush stroke, but to see the finished picture as it was intended to be viewed, observers needs to step back from the wall — sometimes way back...

The contact information for Margie Gallo Dana, who wrote “Save a Bundle on Printing” for the 2001 RCMA Handbook, was incorrect. She can be reached by e-mail at mdana@printconsulting.com or through her Web site, www.printconsulting.com.

With an estimated 35 million people in the U.S. currently hitting the links, your board of directors thinks a golf tournament would be a natural for your annual meeting's fundraiser. The only problem? You don't know the first thing about the sport...

More associations and companies are going global in their constituencies, and the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives decided the best way to keep in step was to partner with the Foundation for International Meetings (FIM) to...

More associations and companies are going global in their constituencies, and the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives decided the best way to keep in step was to partner with the Foundation for International Meetings (FIM) to...