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.
Folio magazine generally is more for publishing folks, but I've seen an increasing number of event-related articles in it that are pretty good. Like this one on what to do if a speaker goes AWOL. A snip...
So, a kid pitches a fit on an airplane and the family is asked to get off the flight (story here). At first, I felt bad for the parents, who were banned from flying for 24 hours just because their daughter couldn't stop crying. Then I saw this...
For international meeting planners, frequent overseas travelers, and those of us who are just interested in exploring the differences in culture from country to country, let me point to an excellent new blog, Cultural Moments. OK, it's written by...
I was e-chatting recently with someone in the industry, and the topic of conflicts came up. As is true in any relationship-based business, conflicts have to be part and parcel of what meeting planners deal with every day. Internally, I've heard...
Scott over at the Acronym blog posted an interesting idea: The Mystery Shop. I remember way back when when I worked in a convenience store, and the rumor was that corporate would send in someone to check out what we did and report back on it...
I picked up this little magnetic pin at a craft show in Cambridge in December, but didn't give it a workout until I was at the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education annual conference last week. It was the hit of the show—I could have sol...
I went to a great session this morning first thing at the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education annual conference on how to inject interactivity into lectures, and thankfully they practiced what they preached, because 8:30 a.m. is not the best...
But I'm learning differently! I'm here at the lovely—and enormous—Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa Phoenix for the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education annual conference, which has been a real whirlwind. I like that they have a half day...
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