Sharon Fisher, Idea Sparker (CEO) at Orlando-based Play With a Purpose bubbles with great teambuilding and engagement ideas. At IMEX America 2016 we sat down with her to hear about what she believes are the three essential elements to a successful...
With the recent passing of several industry veterans and friends, I started to reflect upon my generation of meeting industry leaders. The one thing we all have in common is that during our time in the industry, professional relationships really...
You have everyone together in one room facing the stage—now what? A corporate event or annual meeting is only as effective as its script is engaging. Here are five tips to write a script that will keep their rapt attention throughout the entire g...
To determine the right questions to measure meeting effectiveness, we did a deep dive into our meeting survey response databases containing thousands of different post-meeting evaluation surveys. Our goal was to learn which meeting evaluation sur...
On the campaign stump, the U.S. president-elect swore repeatedly that he would “drain the swamp” of special interests and lobbyists who regularly swarm Capitol Hill to wheedle, wheel, and deal to get elected officials to give those special intere...
Lincoln Center Festival's Nigel Redden fielded questions from the press to New York City Ballet’s Peter Martins, Paris Opera Ballet’s Aurélie Dupont, and Bolshoi Ballet’s Makhar Vaziev.When the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts wanted to let...
The way author and trainer Merrick Rosenberg looks at the world, the Golden Rule gets turned on its ear. The CEO of Take Flight Learning told the more than 800 meeting professionals at the 2016 Pharma Forum that successful relationships aren’t ab...
Four women executives shared career advice during a mainstage panel discussion at Pharma Forum 2016, held March 20–23 at New York City’s Marriott Marquis. Though billed as way to help women break the glass ceiling, the conversation...
Before the 2016 World Series is a distant memory, I want to share my observations about what made the Chicago Cubs so great and how those qualities translate to great meetings and events teams...
