Professional Development

Sleep, one of the top five habits of healthy people, has benefits that extend far beyond just feeling good when you wake up in the morning. Adequate sleep decreases stress levels, improves memory, and decreases inflammation, which is associated w...

Each week, MeetingsNet invites readers to meet a member of WomenInTravel. WINiT is a nonprofit, volunteer-led organization founded in 2014 to support and empower women in the meeting, event, travel, and exhibition industries through access to car...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS Grass Shack Events and Media's Mike McAllen sits down with Dan Franks, a recovering CPA and former professional wrestler turned podcast industry professional and e...

The process of qualifying for, applying for, and earning the Certified Meeting Professional designation has become more streamlined, and the Convention Industry Council, which administers the CMP, has just released a video to get the word out...

Among the Meeting Professionals International RISE (Recognizing Industry Success and Excellence) Award winners honored during the association’s 2016 World Education Congress in Atlantic City last week was Kevin Iwamoto, GLP, GTP, who is a...

A sand sculpture at the opening evening reception Meeting Professionals International and Atlantic City knew going in that this year’s World Education Congress, held June 11–14 at Harrah’s Atlantic City Waterfront Conference Center, would have to...

Sitting for the Convention Industry Council’s Certified Meeting Professional designation is not cheap in terms of time or fees, but is it worthwhile? Results from the Professional Convention Management Association’s 2016 annual salary survey find...

Podcast: Play in new window | Download   Subscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS Mike McAllen with Grass Shack Events and Media sits down with Steven Wickel, founder of the Future of Events Conference, which is coming August 22–24 In RAI...

For helping to create our industry’s professional standards and bring neuroscience concepts into the meeting planning conversation

Here are some of the stories I found to be kind of intriguing on the interwebs this week. TGIF! You may love your smartphone, but it is affecting you more than you may think. Check out this Mental Floss video that explains just how our smartph...