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...

IMEX America is readying its #IMEXpitch competition, in which event technology startups showcase their products to meeting professionals in a live, head-to-head battle of five-minute pitches...

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...

Event planners and conference hosts all share the same concern: “Will attendees find this event helpful and useful?” You need to get the right people to your events to help both your clients and your attendees achieve their meeting objectives. Th...

Let’s face it, designers can be wacky. As a meeting planner, you’ve probably encountered your fair share of eccentric, opinionated, and disorganized designers—especially when they’re outside contractors. Yet if you want to make your event a succe...

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...

Just imagine what it must have been like to deal with the press at this summer’s Republican and Democratic National Conventions. There were public relations teams helping with everything from booking surrogates for interviews to passing out speec...

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...