When Corbin Ball, MP, Corbin Ball Associates and chairman, 2007 EIBTM WorldWide Technology Watch judging palnel, isn't playing with new gadgets, you might find him biking through China.
SpotMe 2, a handheld multifunction meeting gadget, has grabbed first place in the WorldWide Technology Watch competition, an annual contest run by EIBTM, the international meeting and incentive exhibition, to find top event technology innovations...
Web 2.0 is all about the attendees. They generate the content, they rate the content, and they recommend the content to peers. Most meetings and events lack those very qualities; people are treated like cattle and cargo. They don’t have a voice...
New tool for electronic reconciling of meeting spend data
Companies that bill their meeting expenses to the American Express card and use the StarCite meeting spend management tool heard some noteworthy news last week: The companies are integrating those products, allowing—among other things—for planners...
Cognos Inc.'s Financial Forum — a customer seminar series — traveled to only four North American cities this year compared to 11 in 2006. Yet the company's message reached more people and the cost per lead was way, way down, says Zeynep Marasli...