The Outsourcing Evaluation Tool evaluates whether a company is open to outsourcing various functions. Clients rate the following concerns (below) on a scale of 0 to 10 = problematic to outsource*...

Edina Lessack's client was seeking a very specific site: He wanted to schedule a convention on a boat in a location convenient to Canada, where his company had some important clients. No problem, said Lessack, president of Chicago-based Meetings ...

Think critically. Invest in yourself. Lead. Grow. Those were the themes during three days of education and open forum at the Alliance of Meeting Management Cos.' 6th Annual Educational Conference, held in June in Providence, R.I...

If you give an employee a pat on the back in the forest and nobody hears it, does it count...

In the old days, they were known as demo rooms. And that's basically what they were — nicely appointed (perhaps) in-house conference rooms for showing off the latest products...

Did you know that members of the International Association of Conference Centers (www.iacconline.org), St. Louis, Mo., must meet dozens of criteria in various categories in order for their facilities to be accepted? It may help a planner to know...

er•go•nom•ics (n) er-gä-'nä-miks An applied science concerned with designing and arranging things people use so that the people and things interact most efficiently and safely — called also human engineering...

Poorly purchased and tracked meetings can cost companies millions of dollars. At last, there are a number of Web-based tools for tracking, monitoring, and consolidating meeting spending. Here are the top ones...

Meeting Professionals International's Edwin L. Griffin Jr., CAE, met with Mexico's President Vicente Fox in August to discuss a partnership to help increase Mexico's marketshare as a meeting destination...

When it comes to special events, companies aren't skimping, according to a recent survey by our sister magazine Special Events (www.specialevents.com). Half of the respondents say that they are scheduling the same size events in 2002 as in 2001...