After mulling on this one for a while, reading the New York Times article on "conference crashers," and just now hearing the good folks on the Event Alley Show talking about it, I think I finally am coming down on the anti-lobby rat side (though I...
I just clicked through to read PCMA's What Your Organization Can Learn from the Ice Bucket Challenge in terms of fundraising, and found it interesting. And I think Carolyn Clark, who wrote the piece, is right in pointing out what makes it work...
One of the many things I love about going to events like this week's Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress is running into people I like and admire, and hearing some of what they've been up to. Sometimes, what they have to ...
This year' MPI WEC was interesting on many levels. Every year the association takes a few more risks, does a few more intriguing things, and brings back some old favorites (puppy cuddling!). Here are a few random thoughts as I attempt to recupera...
Day 1, Saturday: Up at 0-dark-thirty to catch a plane to Minneapolis for the Meeting Professional International's World Education Congress. Not being a morning person, I grogged around, scrounging coffee and schlepping my stuff to my car. I...
I think I got a touch of whiplash when I read these two blog posts back to back: In praise of dull meetings, by Association Meetings International Editor James Lancaster; and You Cannot be Serious! Why Events are the Perfect Adult Playground by E...
I get a lot of marketing and promotional materials for the various different conferences. And a lot of those organizations have e-newsletters and magazines that they use to promote their events. But little of it charms me quite the way something ...
As I did a final proof on our July meeting app issue (download it now if you haven’t already!) and read about all the cool apps meetings professionals are using to help plan meetings, I got a little nostalgic.
You see, I finally said good-bye to...
