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...
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...
Do your attendees ride a rollercoaster of emotions throughout your event, enjoying the bubbly personality of your keynote speaker one minute, then smelling the reek of failure during a breakout on why bad things can happen to good attendees, even...
From a never-been-done-before concert outside Washington, D.C.’s Carnegie Library to a transportation puzzle that required 470 buses, the Association of Destination Management Executives International honored outstanding creativity and innovation...
A meeting may be one hour, one day, one weekend, or an entire week—but each is a forum for leading change. No company executive ever says, “Let’s have a meeting to remain status quo.”
Meetings of the future will do five things in a new way:
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The impact of your conference education sessions is less about what happens on site and more about what happens on the attendee’s job after the session. Your conference education needs to be transformational, not just informational. It should tra...
We’re well into the new year, and with so much to be grateful for, I thought I would pass along some suggestions for “random acts of kindness” I’ve seen that would be wonderful for more companies and meeting planners to do...
Meetings have become an integral part of business success. As a meeting professional (planner or supplier) you are a leader, whether you’re on stage or behind the scenes. The meetings you organize create platforms for education, connection, and i...
