Photojournalist Annie Griffiths will speak at the Sustainability Meetings Conference in September.The Sustainable Meetings Conference, an event hosted annually by the Green Meeting Industry Council (now an initiative of the Convention Industry Co...

MeetingsNet recently caught up with Diane Tighe, director of catering and conference services at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club on the campus of Duke University in Durham, N.C., to talk about food trends and how planners can make the most of...

Thanks to Silverdoor.co.uk for this helpful infographic guide to the key things that motivate each generation of workers—and meeting participants. Funny thing is that this baby boomer finds her main drivers in all the different generational boxes...

When you tell people that you travel the globe organizing, planning, and facilitating events for your super-cool clients, do they say, “Wow, that sounds so glamorous”? Little do they know just how much work that entails—not to...

ASAE president and CEO John Graham, FASAE, CAE, addressing the general session audience. Photo credit: Jason Keen PhotographyThe American Society of Association Executives had a lot to talk about at its 2016 Annual Meeting, held at the Calvin L...

Are you interested in ensuring that women have what they need to advance their careers in all facets of the meetings and events industry? That's what the Association for Women in Events, also known as AWE, is looking for in its call for applicati...

WomenInTravel (WINiT), a nonprofit organization driving change and providing support for the career development, visibility, and mobility of women in the travel, meeting, event, and exhibition industries, holds its 2016 Annual Summit November 12...

A new meeting planner association designed to facilitate networking and growing business relationships for the lesbian, gay, and bi/transgender meeting professionals community recently came online. The Philadelphia-based organization, called the ...

Rod Abraham, newly named SPIN executive director Veteran industry leader and consultant Rod Abraham will take over as executive director of the Senior Planners Industry Network, a 3,000-plus-member organization founded in 2008 to serve the nee...

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