When Caryn Taylor-Lucia, CMP, and Shelly Tsipori, CMP, of SEI bought out The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation and transformed it into a summer camp for the SEI Select Advisors Council, one attendee confessed, “I gave up a trip to Hawaii to...
Money may make the world go round, but if you want your people to strive higher, rather than just go round and round, try offering something other than money to motivate them. So says new research from the Forum for People Performance Management...
The story of New Orleans since Katrina has been called the tale of two cities. I visited the two “cities” during the American Library Association's annual convention in June and was surprised by the condition of each — both the destruction of...
Karen Bennett, vice president of sales strategy and support, sensed a disconnect between what salespeople wanted in an incentive trip and what her company, Atlanta-based Cingular Wireless, was offering...
The Krisam Group's Insurance Advisory Board, which met in June, continued its tradition of using the annual meeting as an opportunity to seriously discuss industry issues. “It was a group conversation between planners and suppliers,” says Doris...
Corporate governance scandals, the 2000-2001 recession, new legislation and regulations — all have left incentive industry professionals wondering if the “pure” incentive was dead, or at least in critical condition. In fact, CMI's 2006 Annual...
Todd Zint had a plan. Back in 1998, after three and a half years as one of 24 meeting planners for Santa Ana, Calif. — based technology company Ingram Micro, he knew that the only way he could move up in his meeting planning career was to leave...