Setting boundaries doesn't always come naturally to Mary Pat Cornett, CMP, managing director of meetings, conventions, and travel for the Alexandria, Va.; based American Diabetes Association. When she first went back to work as a meetings directo...
Sarah Van Nortwick, CMP, knew that she had found the right company when she was hired as a meeting planner in the Sacramento office of Ernst & Young in 2000. “They hired me when I was big and pregnant. I brought it up in the interview, and...
More than 10 years ago, when I was pregnant with my first child, the publishing company I worked for was sold, and the new owners decided to offer a telecommuting option to our staff. We were among the first of our kind, long before PDAs and the...
The Meetings Community (MeCo), an online resource and listserv for meeting planning professionals, has launched a job board, a service that is free to both organizations posting job openings and those seeking jobs...
Sure, Krista Reasoner knew life would change when her son, Noah, was born. She had watched family and friends and co-workers have kids, and they had always seemed to adjust — eventually...
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...
Are planners a tougher crew to manage than other employees...
