For bringing her passion for sustainability and fundamental human issues to every aspect of the meetings industry and for using that passion to educate others through her writing and volunteer efforts
Details of the Transportation Security Administration’s Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques, or SPOT, program, as uncovered by The Intercept earlier this year, reveal that pretty much everything most travelers do while whiling...
The International Association of Conference Centers reached out to its 355 members to see what they’re seeing as top influencers when it comes to technology used by meeting planners and venue operators. Here are their top 10 trends. Some are pret...
Whether you think of it in terms of new generational labels or not, the world and your meeting attendees are rapidly changing, and regular check-ins from companies such as brand experience agency FreemanXP (a division of Freeman) can offer...
For bringing a truly new eye (in Gaelic, “Sool Nua”) to the meetings and events industry, not just through their day jobs but as passionate, sporting, musical, insightful, delightful whole human beings.
Welcome to this year’s class of MeetingsNet Changemakers. We were thrilled to nab Mike Shea of South by Southwest for our list. If there’s a more changemaking meeting than SXSW, we haven’t seen it. What’s truly impressive about Shea, who’s been w...
Dan Young, CMP, has been managing Thrivent Financial’s annual Peak Performers’ Conference since its inception. (He also worked predecessor conferences at Lutheran Brotherhood beginning in 1994, until that organization merged with Aid Association ...