Call it "bizcation" or call it "bleisure"—can someone come up with a better name for this trend please?—tacking a few days onto a business trip to explore the locale is one way to make work travel more tolerable, and even fun. Here's an infograph...
An article in the New York Times recently reviewed the mixed blessing of autofill in e-mail “To” fields. Ever sent something to the wrong Jane? Ever sent a really embarrassing something to the wrong Jane...
We all know that restaurants are masters when it comes to using psychology to draw us in, influence our food choices, persuade us to tip more, and feel more satisfied with our experience. I was reading a great Quora query on just this topic, and ...
At this year’s American Society for Association Executives Annual Conference and Exhibition in Detroit, I was again reminded of the incredibly cool people who hang out in the association space. They may not all be meetings professionals—in fact...
What do you think, will we be traveling to meetings via jet pack by 2040? (Image: Thinkstock by Getty Images)I recently read a Fast Company article about how the rise of the freelance economy, and the fall of traditional jobs and companies, will ...
KiKi L’Italien, Amplified Growth, and Scott Oser, Scott Oser Associates, outside their session room at ASAEMeeting planners tend to be busy people. Make that very busy—but are you busier than you need to be? If so, the American Societ...
One of the many joys of summer is escaping the everyday world, which for many means finding time to dig into a good book or two, whether on the beach or on the commuter rail on the way to work. Here's what some folks in the meetings world are...
Researcher, professor, author, and psychologist Sherry Turkle at the ASAE closing general session. Photo by Jason KeenMy reaction to psychologist and researcher Sherry Turkle’s closing ASAE general session speech—in which she called mobile techno...
