Someone just e-mailed me to ask if I've encountered a meetings facility designed specifically/primarily with the medical/pharmaceutical industries' needs in mind. It seems like I have, somewhere, sometime, but I can't bring it to the front of my...

Depending on where you stand on the recent Supreme Court decision that local governments may seize people's homes and businesses-- even against their will -- for private economic development, you'll either find this development hilarious or...

Remember last week when I posted about a new idea Jeffrey Brown from TradeShowBlues had? Today we got the official press release about the project, called Book4Today. I think it sounds pretty interesting, and who knows, it might actually work...

An interesting idea from an article on hotel-online: Have the executive management personally greet just one customer a day, take them to their room, and generally make a human connection. I don't know if that'd make a huge difference or not for...

For a meeting planner's perennially aching feet, here's an article from Julia O'Connor of Trade Show Training that offers some tips on how to keep those dogs from barking all over the expo hall. A snip...

Three recently fired waiters from New York's "21" Club, eatery of the rich and famous, say that it was their age and accents that got them fired, not drinking on the job or making a "derogatory gesture." OK, age discrimination is one thing, but...

This article in the Argus Leader about independent event planner Thomas Scofield highlights the innovative problem-solving that so characterizes people in this business...

Patti Digh's 37 Days is totally a keeper, and this week even more so than usual. Being a dog lover who has spent way too much time training (and being trained by) my boys, I have learned so much about what works and doesn't work with both human...

And now it's time for a commercial break: We're putting on a free webinar next week called "Managing Up, Down, and Sideways: Discover Meeting Management Tools the Pros Already Use." On our looong drive back to Massachusetts from Stamford, Conn....

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