Securian Financial Group is based in St. Paul, Minn., not Minneapolis as reported in “Rebuilding New Orleans,” which appeared in the November 2005 issue of CMI...
During a Recent roundtable discussion we held with several Boston-area meeting executives, participants spoke of how their departments were under scrutiny. (See our cover story on page 10.) One of them, who oversees both travel and meetings, had...
“I've Lived in Orlando for 42 years and worked for Orange County for 28 years, so I have a pretty good historical perspective,” says Tom Ackert, executive director of the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. “I've never seen the sort...
In other annual meeting news, FICP President Michael Burke, CMP, The Hanover Insurance Group, announced the association's new name: Financial and Insurance Conference Planners, and unveiled the new logo. “With our new name and logo, we will begin...
This fall, I spent a pleasant night aboard the Crystal Symphony in Boston Harbor. The ship was berthed for the night, so I sampled its many amenities and was lulled to sleep in my spacious stateroom on my own “water” bed...
If you are a current member, we encourage you to renew your membership for 2006. While renewing your membership on the Web site (www.ficpnet.com), please take a few minutes to update your online profile. By doing so, you will provide current...
WE HAVE ALL struggled with getting attendees to complete and return their evaluation forms. To have the most statistically valid results, it is always best to aim for the highest return rate possible. These evaluation results, when analyzed and...
If you think that you've read every book on motivation and incentivizing employees and they're all pretty much the same, you haven't seen The Art of Demotivation by E.L. Kersten, PhD, recently published by Despair Ink, a division of his company...