Meeting Planning Strategies

High-Tech Site Inspections A recent meeting in San Jose, Calif., demonstrated to me how much the high-tech demands of meetings have evolved. More than half of my group had notebook computers, and various Internet requests. At a first-class property, we still had to "borrow" power from neighboring meeting rooms. Even in terms of power usage--for a laser printer, laser pointer, and LCD projector for PowerPoint presentations--it was clear that our needs had grown beyond the hotel's capabilities.