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I've heard lots of Millennial-bashing at conference sessions that purportedly were supposed to help people manage the next generations in the work force, but if you want the condescension with which some people treat Millennials made glaringly...
I'm one of those people who get frustrated with meetings that, while everyone agrees they were great and life-changing, don't end up changing anything after all. Sure, we participated in great discussions, learned new things, etc., at the meeting...
I don't think they're available for your summer corporate barbeque, but who wouldn't like to festoon their F&B festivities with a few inflatable meat balloons? According to Gizmodo: "The incredibly unique decorations were created by a Chicago...
I am so not getting the whole point of these interactive avatars the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has installed in Newark Liberty, JFK, and LaGuardia airports. I guess it's not a bad idea to have a way for a traveler to quickly get...
Why do airplanes still have ashtrays in the bathrooms even though smoking has been banned for decades? Because it makes flying safer, of course. You can't make this stuff up.
Oh I certainly hope not! But Chris Elliott has found an example of a hotel that's charging a mandatory $12 per-night utility charge. I think it was around 10 years ago that the domestic U.S. hotel industry started imposing energy surcharges to...
If you are considering taking one or more of your meetings outside of the U.S., this article has some great tips on how to get started: 7 Tips for Planning International Meetings, written by our weekly guest blogger Andy McNeill, president and CEO...
I was reading an article about how A/B testing is dominating Web design and generally changing how businesses evolve in Wired magazine last night, and it made me wonder if some version of it isn't what we already do in meetings. ...