If you haven’t checked out the Convention Industry Council’s APEX resources for meeting planners, you’re missing out on a rich collection of free, downloadable templates and guides that can save you tons of time—and...
Looking to maximize your impact at your conference’s general sessions? Here are five simple, no-cost ways to amp up the energy, professionalism, and theatricality.
1. Introductions: Leave the name for last
When introducing the next presenter—...
Credit: solitude72, Thinkstock by Getty ImagesIn case you were wondering if the era of the giant trade show has come and gone, well, it hasn’t. In fact, seven out of 10 large shows report that they are not just growing, but they’re growing faster...
Jamie Murdock, vice president of sales, Experient, told the crowd that the most important thing is to communicate early and often.Meeting professionals tend to have a love/hate relationship with their housing room blocks. Love because a good room...
There was a lot of playing around with session formatting at IMEX America 2016—even more so than last year (my first experience with the massive meetings and hospitality trade show that takes place in Las Vegas each fall). When I first heard they...
CWT Meetings & Events’ 2017 Forecast crunches data from around the globe to predict what meeting planners will face as we round the corner into 2017...
Image: ValeryBrozhinsky on ThinkStock by Getty ImagesDo you know just how vulnerable your meetings, and your attendees, are to being hacked by a cyber criminal? Here’s a sobering thought: The Black Hat USA convention, which gathered hackers from ...
Julian Jost, CEO and founder of SpacebaseSpacebase, a website for finding and booking unconventional, non-hotel venues for small meetings, has just crossed the pond. The company, which has been operating in Europe for two years, began offering Ne...
Some look at this and see a fun fake thrill. I'm just seeing a big old fire hazard! Image by DarioZg on Thinkstock by Getty ImagesI may have been haunted for years by a very mischievous, very annoying poltergeist, and I will always be an ardent S...
While the technology exists to help meeting professionals throughout the site-sourcing process, just over half—57 percent—say they currently use meeting management technology to plan their events, according to a Global Business Travel Association...
