Monumental Life Insurance Company has weathered many storms during its 142-year history, but none was more formidable than the Baltimore, Md.-based company's June 1997 acquisition of Providian Agency Group, a company three times its size...
Pitched as the only online meeting planning tool that is cost-focused, AllMeetings.com has experienced more than 100 percent growth each month since its launch in May 1999, according Brian Ashton, vice president of the Henderson, Nev.-based...
Even if you don't believe that "business is combat," a stage full of fighter pilots will convince you that their tools can teach your employees to work better--and, more important, can make them want to. "Every company in America wants to find a...
In addition to a climate that welcomes outdoor events year-round, Southern California has all the sets, venues, costumes, and actors needed to serve up even the largest creative theme events for insurance groups. In the land of the movies and the...
Communication is critical for a successful meeting or event. Often just the process of you and your suppliers communicating goals and requirements with each other will reveal things that would otherwise slip through the cracks...
More than 600 meeting professionals are expected to attend NEMICE 2000 (New England Meeting Industry Conference & Exposition), which takes place April 13 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The exhibition will showcase more than 300...
Something basic is changing at conference centers. Their selling proposition has always been to offer a distraction-free environment in which every element, from conference room design to furnishings to staffing to technology, has a single purpose...
The partnership of site selection firm HelmsBriscoe and online meeting management firm StarCite pairs two fast companies to create a new business model--"bricks and clicks," in the words of Roger Helms, HB president and CEO. "We are the bricks,"...
Most companies measure the effectiveness of their training programs by surveying participant reaction. But that's not good enough, say David van Adelsberg and Edward Trolley in their new book, Running Training Like a Business (Berrett-Koehler...
"It was a real eye-opener," said Brian Glynn, vice president of operations for the Meetings Management Group in Indianapolis. "This is a destination that seems to have something for everyone." Added Sheryl Allison, meeting coordinator for the...
