Also announced at the conference were the results of FICP's 2007 survey, which showed that 90 percent of members are “very satisfied” or “somewhat satisfied” with FICP, and 97 percent are likely to renew their membership. Benefits valued most by...
Sharon Chapman, CMP, CMM, Berkshire Life Insurance, passed the 2008 president's gavel to Patricia Kerr, CMP, Manulife Financial. Chapman continues on the board as immediate past president. Also continuing are Cindy Wheaton, CMP, Nationwide...
Although employee recognition programs have become more common in financial services companies, travel incentives are usually reserved for top salespeople. Not so at Bank of America, where every one of the company's nearly 200,000 employees is...
Welcome to 2008; eight years after the celebration of the millennium; 24 years after the setting in the prophetic book 1984; and 20 years since we have had someone with a name other than Clinton or Bush in the White House. Yet, we have survived...
Morgan Murphy, CMP, is director, meetings, media services and field communications, Bankers Life and Casualty Co. in Chicago. He is just finishing up his first year on the FICP Board of Directors as vice president, communications, and is about to...
When meeting planners for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are sourcing a meeting, their RFPs include 14 questions designed to gauge a property's environmental awareness and the steps it is taking toward sustainability. The EPA is working...
Buoyed by an influx of first-time attendees, the International Association of Exhibitions and Events drew its largest crowd since 2001 at Expo! Expo!--IAEE’s annual meeting and exposition...
The Convention Industry Council’s 2007 Hall of Leaders Gala, held last week at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, “was among the best awards ceremonies I’ve ever been to,” says Terri Breining, CMP, CMM, president, Concepts...
