A new site focused on smartphone apps for meeting professionals has just launched at MeetingApps.com. The portal, listing about 500 apps, was created by Kirsten Strand, CMP, CITE, CMM, CEO at Invenia, a Vancouver, British Columbia–based site...
Technology forecaster and business strategist Daniel Burrus believes that meeting planners who aren’t developing mobile technology apps (short for applications) are making a big mistake. Mobile apps are the future, he says. And, oh, by the way, t...
A remarkable 96 percent of meeting and event planners report that their organizations use virtual meetings solutions—either Web-based meetings, videoconferencing, or TelePresence. That finding comes from a comprehensive and wide-ranging study on...
Steps meeting planners can take to improve response time to hotel Requests for Proposal
In some ways, it seems like virtual meetings popped up overnight. I’m not talking about content-driven webinars, which have become a wildly popular—and effective—way to disseminate information and education. Those have been around for a few years...
Blending face-to-face and virtual events may be the look of the future for meetings, conferences, conventions, and trade shows.
Blending face-to-face and virtual events should be a straightforward solution for boosting attendance and revenue. But as the American Institute of Architects found out, there are twists and turns on the path to hybrid success.
