As a certified Green Belt in Six Sigma, I was pleased to see the article entitled “From Factory to Faculty” [March/April 2010, by Bruce J. Bellande, PhD, FACME, CCMEP] in your publication. For those who are not familiar with the manufacturing wor...
It’s the day after we Americans went to the polls to decide who’s going to Congress and who’s going back to the drawing board. Like everyone else, I’ve got some serious campaign fatigue, having been bombarded with advertising about how horrible...
Undervaluing meetings knowledge and experience is one of the quickest ways to drive anyone in our industry from zero to 60. We react immediately and loudly when we hear meeting professionals written off as “party planners,” “coffee cup counters,”...
American Express Business Travel’s 2011 Global Business Travel Forecast is out, and the good news is that demand for meetings and business travel is on the rise. The bad news for budgets? Costs are going up, too...
What recourse do attendees, sponsors, hotels, and suppliers have if a meeting is abruptly canceled and the event organizer files for bankruptcy protection? Not much other than to wait in line until the organization comes up with a plan to pay back...
Fay Beauchine, president, engagement and events, Carlson Marketing, is among four leaders who will be inducted into the Convention Industry Council’s Hall of Leaders in 2011 in recognition of outstanding contributions to the meetings, conventions...
Meeting Professionals International has created a frequently-asked-questions document and a comparison chart for its members—aimed at both meeting planners and suppliers—about the differences between its World Education Conference, taking place in...
Reports stemming from a journalistic project that pulled together a database of payments to physicians from seven pharmaceutical companies are critical of pharma speakers bureaus.
As reported in the Autumn 2010 American Medical Association Continuing Physician Professional Development report released earlier this week, 34 percent of intrastate-accredited CME providers said in a survey taken in 2009 that they were ...
