I just read Tom Peters' post about how the Army continually trains and retrains its personnel, but the rest of us really don't. Oh, we have the annual "name your industry" association annual meeting, which is of course good. But we don't have...
A tip of the hat to Virtualis, the convention and learning center in the virtual world of Second Life, on being designated as one of 31 international firms earning the "Gold Solutions Provider" designation in Second Life by Linden Labs (which...
Your burning questions, answered by Web specialist C. David Gammel, CAE. Today we tackled things like dealing with backchannels at the meeting, how to handle blogs around a conference, and why you shouldn't worry about social media making your...
That's what Scott Oser is asking on the Acronym blog, and it's an interesting question. I have sort of a love/hate thing going with social media: I love the connections and the things I learn and the insights I get into people I don't know all...
Are you or someone you know bringing something new to your meeting planning? And getting results? Well don't be shy about it—nominate yourself or your innovative colleague to be one of Association Meetings magazine's First Annual AM Innovators...
According to Chris Elliott, people are not just being walked these days; they're also being downgraded from four-star hotels to a no-tell motel. One guy he talked with took the downtrade, even though he was in the block for a medical convention at...
Event planners are getting more optimistic about business for the rest of the year, according to this poll from Special Events magazine. From the article: ...
