How can meeting department managers keep their independent, world-traveling, Type A planners challenged and motivated? Last issue, five readers shared their secrets to maintaining everyone's sanity in a pressure-cooker environment. This month, we...
Because most Corporate Meeting Pros did not earn their degrees in meeting planning, many reach a point where they want something extra to enhance their knowledge — and their career opportunities. Those who look to certifications or specialized...
Todd Zint had a plan. Back in 1998, after three and a half years as one of 24 meeting planners for Santa Ana, Calif. — based technology company Ingram Micro, he knew that the only way he could move up in his meeting planning career was to leave...
Today's financial services and insurance meeting planners have entered the profession from a host of different directions. Laurie Fitzgerald, CMP, meeting manager at Northbrook, Ill. — based Allstate Financial, for example, majored in Spanish in...
Enjoying its largest turnout ever, Meeting Professionals International welcomed more than 3,600 attendees to its World Education Conference in Dallas, its headquarters city, July 9 to 11...
Pamela Wynne, Manager of Corporate Meeting Planning at Princeton, N.J. — based Educational Testing Service, can't remember the last time she actually planned a meeting...
To help meeting professionals carve out a career path in the ever-evolving world of corporate meetings, three Toronto-area meeting professionals have joined forces to launch a unique mentoring program that is starting to gain traction...
