Corporate Meetings & Incentives announces the winners of its 1997 Paragon Awards. We have asked our readers to choose the hotels, resorts, and conference centers that did the best job of handling their meetings and incentive programs in the...

Amoco's national dealers and jobbers meetings needed drastic revamping. Held every two to three years, these conferences were long on talk and entertainment, but lacked "hands-on, visible demonstrations of major marketing strategies," says William...

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Like many insurance organizations, Aid Association for Lutherans (AAL), based in Appleton, WI, has been talking about incorporating a community service project into an agent conference for a long time. And, like many of those that have turned that...

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I Set Up a Site First of all, I have created a Web site, bellwether group.com, where potential clients can enter their upcoming meeting requirements. Companies can do this either on the Internet or--even better--on their own intranets...

OUT: MERIT PAY IN: STRATEGIC REWARDS If employees think of merit pay as an entitlement, how can it motivate them to work harder or better? If a reward program is not linked to your business strategy, how can you expect to get results...

* Do your agents know variable products? In a recent issue of National Underwriter, columnist and Chatham, MA&shyp;based attorney Hill Gallagher predicted the next life insurance scandal will come about because of how variable-life products...

Did you know that to visit some countries, meeting attendees and speakers need to apply for visas several months in advance of a meeting? Or that a passport due to expire in less than six months is not considered valid in some countries--including...

Go West, Young Winner Looking for a new incentive idea? You may want to heed Horace Greely's legendary advice and head west--to a dude ranch. Many of the 100 members of the Dude Ranchers' Association focus on group business, with some offering...