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Sunset over St. Thomas on our last evening before flying homeTime for my annual post-vacation post about how meeting planning is a lot like sailing (really!). I know I’ve written several times about the sailing/planning parallels that have occurr...

I was so excited when I saw a press release come through earlier today from event app producer myQaa on its new initiative to recognize the women who are rising to the top of the male-dominated event technology field. These are no doubt some seri...

An image from Bud Light's #UpForWhatever contestToday's guest post is by Kaitlin Walukonis, a marketing and communications associate with Hargrove, a Washington, D.C.–based company that produces trade shows, exhibits, and special events globally...

Julius Solaris, founder of the Event Manager Blog, and kind of an event-blogging hero of mine, is launching a very cool contest: the inaugural Event Technology of the Year Award 2015. Anyone who makes any type of event tech can submit an entry: T...

Today's guest post is by Andrew Taffin, CEO of Tallen Technology Rentals Ask a meeting planner who has been in the industry for a while and no doubt they’ll be happy to share stories recounting events and meetings at some pretty unusual and un...

Meeting and event online solutions company Cvent recently surveyed more than 2,000 of its clients to find out what makes meetings tick these days. Here's a sneak peek of some of the results unveiled at the Cvent Connect conference last week in in...

I'm at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for the Cvent Connect event for association and corporate planners, and it's been a whirlwind of activities, education, conversation, and some truly great keynotes so far. In the 28 or so hours I've been here, I'...

Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt being interviewed by one of those pesky women, Paloma Baytelman, who shared this photo on Flickr.While making sincere efforts to do away with all-male panels is a start (and kudos to The Event Manager Blog Founder Julius S...

The International Air Transport Association (aka, IATA) earlier this week proposed that airlines worldwide rally around a standardized size for carry-on luggage of 21.5 inches x 13.5 inches x 7.5 inches—which is about 20 percent smaller than most...