The face2face MeetingsNet blog is an eclectic mix of news about meetings and events, hospitality, and business travel, along with helpful hints and the occasional rant.
Just found this on the Times list of 50 best Web sites: Tripkick.com which lets you choose hotel rooms by criteria much like SeatGuru helps you pick out the best seat on your plane. You can search for a quiet room, or one with a great view, or one...
If you've toyed with the idea of holding an unconference but aren't sure exactly how to go about it, check out how Ben planned a successful unconference in 10 steps.
Everything you need to know to get started with adding some social networking aspects to your conference can be found in this post by Chris Brogan. ...
A while ago I mentioned that some organizations were asking attendees to bring their own conference bags as a way to cut down on waste at meetings. Well, Nancy over at Pretentious Musings of a Green Meeting Planner has uncovered another reason to...
Well, I'm taking off for my summer sailing vacation in the British Virgin Islands. I'm trying to line up some posts for while I'm gone so this place won't be totally dormant, but if anything exciting happens and I don't say anything about it, at...
If you have a drive-in meeting, you might want to send attendees this URL, courtesy of MSN. You just plug in your zip code and it tells you where to find the cheapest gas (and most expensive--no idea why you'd want to know that, but whatever). ...
Presentation Zen brings us two examples of just how bad PowerPoint can be (not that we need any more examples, but these are doozies): Obama, JFK vs. Bad PowerPoint. As Garr says: ...
While I like to whine about American's new $15 fee for the first checked bag, that's really just an annoyance--I doubt too many attendees will decide this is the fee that broke the camel's back and cancel their trips. (Check out these "sneaky"...
I wasn't going to chime in on American's great new idea of further nickel and diming passengers with its new $15 fee for the first checked bag, but I can't resist. Personally, I'd rather they just add to the ticket cost than tack on a bunch of...