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Despite being wicked good at stretching a budget, meeting planners are not generally known as a stingy crew, and they tend to be “people people” too, with hardly a tinge of misanthrope to be found in the bunch. However, I do see a resemblance to ...

And now I know how to decorate my car for the holidays... Happy Monday, y'all!

It happens to everyone: a death in the family, an illness, a loss of a significant other's job that devastates your standard of living, or some other personal crisis that just knocks you off course for a while. Sometimes for a long while. And mee...

Our boat, the beautiful and aptly named ParadisoMy husband and I were fortunate to be able to spend about 10 days sailing around the U.S. and British Virgin Islands over Thanksgiving—and yes, it was awesome, thank you so much. But I won’t bore yo...

Rosie Ledesma-Bernaducci, CMPMy heart has been heavy with sadness and an aching sense of loss since I heard that Rosaelena “Rosie” Ledesma-Bernaducci, CMP, unexpectedly passed away last week. We weren’t close friends—more the hang-out-with-each-o...

We all—yes, even me, especially me!—like to gripe about the very things that make face-to-face meetings possible: Planes and hotels. So what are our most pet of pet peeves? Let’s start with hotels. According to a Huno.com survey of our most comm...

In "Decoding Apple as a Luxury Tools Company," Seth Godin describes the potential dichotomy that faces an organization—or conference—that wants to be both a luxury, cachet-driven brand, and one that provides useful tools...