This article has some good tips for getting the most out of virtual meetings, both tele- and videoconferences. While it should be obvious that you should show up prepared and ready to engage, the tip about using the mute button is one that can't...

After reading this item about the next "Undercover Boss" being from the hotel industry, Joyce McKee over at the CEIR blog thought it'd be interesting to think about what a boss going undercover at a trade show might experience (as an attendee or...

We've had fake speakers, fake shows, and fake reviews, but this one I hadn't heard of before: Actors hired to play enthusiastic users of a product at a product launch. ...

You may think you know what's on board, but there could be surprises lurking in your fellow passengers' carryons and stowed luggage ... like scorpions, human heads, and squirrels. Whoa, and some nice acid dripping from someone's leaking suitcase...

WiFi is still at the top of many, if not most, meeting planners must-have lists, so many thanks are owed to HotelChatter for its 2010 Hotel WiFi Report (which somehow I missed when it first came out in the spring). So who's got the best WiFi...

When you're designing your meeting brochures and promos, how much attention do you pay to the typeface you use? If you want to ensure that it's the right one for your purposes, check out this post on Inspiration Lab. Nice! And pretty funny, even...

Boston hasn't always been known for its diversity, but, according to this editorial in Sunday's Boston Globe, the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority's work in wooing the black convention market is starting to pay off. It says that next...

I just heard that Steve Joyce, president and chief executive officer for Choice Hotels International, is going to be the first head honcho to go undercover for the next season of the TV show "Undercover Boss." I've seen a lot of GMs who almost...

I'm a firm believer in mixing a little fun into meetings, and I heard from a colleague who got to experience playing the geolocation game SCVNGR at an MPI New England event that that's one good way to go about it. So I want to give a big kudos to...