From the cool interactive name badges to the expanded agenda of educational breakouts, FICP's annual conference in November wowed attendees with many new initiatives. A record-breaking number of more than 250 planners and 423 hospitality partners...

Kimberly-Clark rolls the dice on a new training strategy.

Examining the role of incentives in Avon's direct selling strategy

If it's not Vegas, it must be … Macau? This tiny Chinese peninsula 37 miles southwest of Hong Kong, which includes the city of the same name, surpassed the gaming revenue of the Las Vegas Strip in 2006 and saw the opening August 28 of The Venetian...

Dawn Penfold, CMP, president, The Meeting Candidate Network, New York, envies the Hulk, makes a mean cheesecake, and knows the challenges that people with multiple sclerosis face.

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There's a wide range of ways you can support charitable activities. For example, you could allow all employees a day or an afternoon off the job to work in community service or political campaigns, as they do at D.D.B. Needham Worldwide, the New...

The evolving profession of strategic meeting planning documented by our recent reader survey is led by change agents unafraid to address new paradigms. Among them is Jan Hennessey, CMP, CMM, a 20-year industry planner who in 2006 rejoined her...

London's event spaces and trendy hotels are gaining popularity