Participants posing with their finished Mud Pie KitchensMany meetings include some sort of corporate social responsibility activity to give back to the community in which the event is held. While it’s relatively easy to raise funds to donate to a...
You walk into the convention ballroom and immediately recognize that this meeting is going to be different.
The stage is not at the front of the room, but in the middle of the room. There is no lectern—no “front” to the stage. The chairs are p...
An article by Nancy Zavada about the common misconception that donating leftover event food is illegal garnered lots of comments at MeetingsNet. Many planners said they’ve gotten pushback from hotels when asking if they could donate...
To all you brainiacs seeking to keep your gray matter perking along at a good pace as age tries to slow the rest of you down, the science is in, and it says get super crazy busy. Yup, that Tasmanian devil whirling dervish of daily tasks and activ...
Anyone who attended the Women in Travel (WINiT) Summit in Orlando last July got some big-picture thinking about women’s influence in the world, some practical career takeaways, and the chance to meet nearly 400 other WINiT members, women and...
While the meetings industry tends to be in the forefront of denouncing terrorist acts that are designed to intimidate those who live and travel to the affected areas, that is not enough. In a recent statement, the Joint Meetings Industry Council ...
Today's guest post is by speaker and author Cyriel Kortleven, CSP
“Yes but” ... “No money” ... “No time” ... these are classic idea killers meeting planners hear when they try something new to improve their events. And for those who design eve...
Here are a few fun links I ran across today that I thought you might enjoy:
How little black swans can make you a better negotiator: Before you sit down with your counterpart to hash out your meeting’s next contract, check out why former lead ...
Last week, the President and the Secretary of the Department of Labor ushered in a new rule that almost doubles the salary threshold for overtime pay from $23,360 to $47,476 per year. With “event coordinator” clocking in at a median of $46,490, a...
