A new certification program focusing on the business of planning meetings was among several new initiatives announced at the American Society of Association Executives' annual meeting and exposition, held August 14 to 17 at the Minneapolis...

BRUCE BOLGER IS A MAN WITH A MISSION: to get people to finally understand incentives. Two years ago, Bolger, president of Selling Communications in Irvington, N.Y., and several incentive industry leaders, in conjunction with Northwestern...

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THE TURBULENT ECONOMY has permanently changed many companies' view of outsourcing meeting planning, says Dawn Penfold, president, Meeting Candidate Network Inc., a New York placement company for meeting planners. Penfold started a new division of...

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The Professional Convention Management Association, Chicago, is about seven months into a process of developing a list of core competencies its members need to improve and expand their meetings in today’s increasingly competitive environment. "We...

The economy might be recovering, but for meeting planners, the job landscape is forever changed. Companies may start hiring again, but cutbacks, consolidation, and accountability — the buzz words of the past three years — will remain part of the...

As signs of the country’s economic recovery grow stronger—corporate profits surging, stock market rebounding—expectations are that the job market will follow suit as in previous recoveries. But as recent job growth figures show, this recovery is...