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Silent auctions can be great fundraisers, when they're done right. Here are some great tips on how to hold a good silent auction, from Julie Hewett.

We may not get those little bottles of hand lotion and have to pay for things that used to be free (think luggage, food on the planes), but there are some upsides, according to this article from MSNBC: 3 things travelers will lose and gain in...

This is for those who are a bit less hotel-savvy than meeting planners, but it's still pretty funny: Thanks to Joan Eisenstodt at MiForum for the link!

If you're thinking about using your event as a launch pad for your social media community, first read this article from The Forum Effect: How to Build It So They Will Come

Great post by Julius Solaris about 10 different types of events you may want to try, from Petcha Kucha to meetups to flashmobs. At least think about it, OK?

I missed it, but it sounds like Saturday Night Live did a sketch lampooning tourists and tourism workers in Hawaii, and state officials are none too please about it. If it's like most skits on SNL, the biggest problem might be that it just wasn't...

Well, it's probably not for most groups, but it sounds like a burlesque cupcake cookoff worked at SXSW anyway. But it does make me think that there's something equally fascinating in an offbeat kind of way that could get your attendees, um...

No one listens to those pre-flight instructions, except maybe when Southwest flight attendant get a little funny. But there's one who takes it a little further than a few jokes and really raps it up: ...

Good tips on how to avoid problems when marketing your meeting via the Web. Lots of good, basic advice that should keep you out of legal trouble, at the very least.

That's the question posed recently on the LinkedIn Answers: Conference and Event Planning Group. It's a good question, and one that deserves more thought than it usually gets. So far, the problems people are pinpointing include: ...