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.
I don't really buy the premise that it could be, but the rest of this Wired story is right on. Particularly this part from when security expert and airport security critic extraordinaire Bruce Schneiier took on former Transportation Safety...
Are you (or someone you know) always looking for new ways to create positive change in their meetings, their organizations, and the meetings industry itself? Stand up and be recognized! Corporate Meetings & Incentives is now accepting...
You know that you feel differently if you're dressed for a gala, work, or schlubbing around the house, but did you know that even wearing the same article of clothing can make you feel differently? According to this New York Times article, just...
Here's another guest blog from Josh Marx, director of marketing with American Meetings, Inc.
Here are 10 things that will help you plan and run a successful conference:
1. Identify possible dates: When choosing the dates for a conference, have ...
I just ran across this post on Greg Ruby's Gems about how to make an event app work for your event, which is a pretty good rundown. Here are a few more good nuggets on event apps: ...
Ever since we did a webinar on how to develop an effective budget a couple of weeks ago, I've had costs and values on my mind. Especially when it comes to pharmaceutical meetings (but increasingly true for corporate meetings of all kinds these...
Hyatt Regency Greenwich is jumping on the crowdsourcing wagon by asking the public (and you too, meeting professionals) to help name its newly redesigned 9,600-square-foot Regency Ballroom. In addition to being able to say you named that room, the...
I had heard about Clean the World, an organization that recycles used soap from hotels into clean new soap that is distributed around the world to help prevent the biggest global kid killers: diarrhoeal disease and acute respiratory infections...
This letter was written by every speaker's dream audience member—or would he be more stalker-scary if he wasn't just a kid bowled over by the meteorologist who came to his school to talk about the weather? ...
Here's a guest blog from Josh Marx, director of marketing with American Meetings, Inc., on a subject near and dear to my heart: Risk management. Take it away, Josh! ...