Dr. Rose started the session with a five-minute, much-needed, series of stretches via a video developed by X bytes on-demand fitness breaks.It’s no wonder that meeting planning made fifth place on CareerCast’s most stressful jobs of 2015 list. Un...

It’s not enough to just approve the use of virtual meetings. Top companies are defining their virtual meeting strategy by researching their needs and technology options, designing a plan, educating their meeting managers and meeting owners...

If there’s one thing legislators like, it’s data. Now the Meetings Mean Business coalition and the U.S. Travel Association have a new batch of data to bring to Capitol Hill on behalf of government meetings, which remain stuck in a trough. Sequ...

EVENTup, an online database of more than 10,000 event venues in the U.S., has launched EVENTup Curated Experiences, a collection of packaged corporate events at venues in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City. Events will continue to be...

Left to right: Conference Chairman Michael Mahoney, Genentech; Tahira Endean, QuickMobile; James Vachon, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International; Amanda Batstone, CBI; Ryan Mazor, Educational Measures; Betsy Bair, MeetingsNetGenetech's Michael Mahon...

The opening session at the 2015 Pharma Forum conference, being held this week at the Gaylord National in National Harbor, Md., is taking a different tack from past years’ openers. Instead of focusing on the latest in rules and regulations...

From birth to our first formal education experience in pre-school or kindergarten, we learn mostly through observation, exploration, and experience. We watch our parents and siblings and learn how (or how not) to do something. We explore, using...

Sally Allen, executive producer, The Water CoolersToday's guest blog is by Sally Allen, executive producer of The Water Coolers, a singing comedy act that is, and I quote, "a cross between The Office, The Capitol Steps, and Modern Family" (for a ...

In 2012, I became my organization’s social media manager, combining my experience in meeting management with my studies in interactive media. To many, this seemed like a departure from a career path on which I’d traveled for more than...