Your attendees have to be at the morning general session. Make them feel excited to be there— not wishing they were back in bed. Try the following ideas for getting people talking, laughing, and paying attention...
Just a month after launching, the Meetings Industry Fund is achieving its goal of helping people in need in the meetings industry by providing a grant of $2,600 toward more than a year’s worth of unpaid medical bills.
“I'm totally bawling my e...
When you’re looking for a destination for your new association congress, your multinational corporation’s innovation conclave, or your plant managers’ training trip, you’re unlikely to be investigating accessibility and infrastructure. Not becaus...
Feeling relaxed in Aruba
I have espoused many times that the Caribbean is among the most amazing places in the world. My recent trip to Aruba to do site inspections further cemented my love for this beautiful region.
Aruba is a tiny island...
Planners like consistency. But they also need variety. That’s why they spend enormous time and effort discovering and then working with new properties to get hotel personnel up to speed with their needs and their attendee expectations. They...
Among the celebrants at this year's CMI 25 reception were, from left: Frank McVeigh, president and CEO, McVeigh Associates, Ltd.; Tina Weede, president, USMotivation; Barbara Nindos, vice president, USMotivationYou know on radio talk shows when s...
Joe Goldblatt, Queen Margaret University, is working with EventMobi to launch an event technology certificate program.Mobile event app developer EventMobi is behind a push to develop an event technology certificate program for meeting and events ...
From left: EventMB Founder and Editor Julius Solaris; Glisser Founder Mike Piddock; Social Tables Founder and CEO Dan Berger; Crowd Mics CEO and Co-founder Tim Holladay; DoubleDutch CEO Lawrence Coburn; Catchbox Co-founder and CCO Pyry TaanilaInn...
Loopd wearable networking chipsA wearable information-sharing technology called Loopd came out on top at IMEX America's second annual event technology startup competition, #IMEXpitch.
In a meeting room on the IMEX America show floor, about 50 ...
