Janet Cone, CMP, president, Compass View Events, LLC, Sudbury, Mass., focuses on events ranging from high-level executive meetings to multiday events for hundreds of attendees...
Sure, you've fretted about your meeting being in jeopardy. But what if your meeting was like “Jeopardy,” the game show? It's possible, with the help of xQuizIt Game Shows. For 11 years, Rick Cram has been staging and hosting customized game shows...
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Average annual dollars spent on marketing by an independent: $1,000 Percentage of planners who market themselves by networking: 90% Average fee charged by an independent meeting planner: $73 per hour Business derived from corporate clients...
There were two very different sides to The Special Event show, held January 8 to 11 in Orlando. Many sessions and discussions focused on the economy — of huge concern to this industry, which has been hard hit as companies either have decided to...
The history of online incentive program management is not a long one. In the mid-1990s, pioneers began hammering together Web sites that allowed participants to read contest rules, view their qualification progress, search online merchandise...
If the U.S. goes to war with Iraq, will meeting professionals be able to terminate their meeting contracts without paying sizable penalties? It all depends on the force majeure clause in their contracts...