These days we’re all overwhelmed with distractions, deadlines, expectations, technology, media, and messages. We want to do it all, be it all, see it all—all the time. Meeting planners in particular tend to have that 24/7, always on the go, prepa...
Airport hotels are always convenient, but they’re not always meeting-ready. An extensive renovation at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport Marriott has meetings in mind with event space now expanded to 27,000 square feet and guest r...
More thoughts from the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Annual Conference going on this week in Nashville:
• The morning of Day 2 was mainly dedicated to what FICP calls The Network—Live, the business appointment piece of the program...
Opening keynote speaker and author Tom Koulopoulos made an impassioned plea for the need to break through old patterns of thought.Waiting for my flight yesterday morning at Boston’s Logan airport, I was kind of dreading going to my first Financia...
Meetings need Wi-Fi. Our attendees want—nay, demand—fast and reliable Internet access everywhere they go, from guest room to ballroom. It’s become a basic meeting necessity on the same level as electricity and running water.
Planners and venue...
A menu of suggestions from U.K.-based not-for-profit Positive Impact that can help you send a lot less good food to the landfill. Positive Impact, launched in 2005, provides sustainability education for the events industry. Its...
Today's guest post is by speaker and author Cyriel Kortleven.
As a professional speaker, I have the opportunity to attend a lot of events and conferences. While they all differ in scale, audience, locations, and cultures, they almost all shar...
Where are you?” This crucial question is the first one asked in the Bible, was crooned by Frank Sinatra in his song of the same name, and should be the first thing you consider when you start designing your meeting. Specifically, you should...
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Luxe incentive programs are all about pampering and making memories. But times have changed. Today’s attendees want to stay in shape, and they don’t want to return home five pounds heavier. What they expect from a l...
