I often hear my association’s meeting professional members say that they would like a “seat at the table,” especially when it relates to organizational strategy. In many cases, meeting professionals are not valued or respected...

The hottest trends in accelerating conference networking are hosted-buyer and speed-networking experiences. These highly transactional interactions usually result in temporary feel-good moments. They rarely lead to trusting relationships or true...

Procurement managers can bring a lot to your strategic meeting management program—including transforming data into business intelligence you can really use.

Here are the four most common objections meeting organizers have to a new strategic meetings management program—and how to respond in a way that will get them on your side.

Frameworks can be extremely helpful to conference professionals who are shifting their focus from planning and programming to designing attendee experiences. Several years ago, our team developed the EPIC framework—experiential...

For meeting professionals, distractions can be deal breakers. Here are five ways you can stop them in their tracks.

How to engage your audience in a presentation before your speaker even starts speaking.

I believe in the saying: "What gets measured gets managed." ...

Everyone loses when speakers run long. It’s up to you to rein them in.

Whether they’ve attended a small meeting with less than 100 people or a large, complex conference with thousands, most participants will receive a post-meeting email survey from the meeting sponsor asking for feedback about their experience...