Community was the theme woven through MPI's Professional Education Conference in Las Vegas in July: online communities; a community that supports the needs of women; a more multicultural meeting community...

“Compared to the streaming video and webcasting going on at the Sands, radio and television connectivity requirements aren't all that demanding.” ...

Need some inspiration for those event marketing materials? Can't find the right word? Searching for a headline? Surf over to www.itools.com. This collection of language tools is bound to get the brain juices flowing...

If you're serious about quality in-room Internet access, Marriott International makes it easy for you. From www.marriott.com, you can now search specifically for properties that offer high-speed connections. For example, type in “Denver ” and the...

Like it or not, a good leader often needs to get up and say a few words. In the recently published Tales for Coaching (Stylus, 2001). Margaret Parkin has collected 50 short anecdotes that presenters can use to help guide an audience toward a...

What if checking into a hotel were as easy as picking up a rental car? Preferred customers now swipe their credit cards in the van on the way to the rental car lot. “I get off the shuttle bus in front of my car, which has the engine running and...

Billing the event as “Naked Networking,” the organizers of Expo Tech Expo obviously have fun on the job. And why not? This online 3D exposition for exposition technology is a first for the industry and definitely unusual. Virtual attendees with...

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Donald B. Engler has been appointed vice president, sales and marketing, at Smart City Networks, a provider of telecommunication and Internet services to the convention, meetings, and trade show industries. Engler was most recently senior director...

In our May/June issue, the Washington Speakers Bureau Web site should have been listed as www.washspkrs.com...