Feb 03, 2015

It’s a meeting planner’s biggest challenge: How to find a regular supply of new and engaging designs for events, activities for meetings, and ways to wow a jaded audience. One-up yourself with this collection of ideas we’ve...

2 Essential Elements for an Emotionally Powerful Meeting

Jan 28, 2015

Image by Xesai/Thinkstock by Getty ImagesWe all know we learn better when our emotions are engaged—when we connect emotionally with something, we can’t help but pay more attention to it. It also has a better chance of finding its way into our lon...

PCMA’s Convening Leaders: An Experiment in Meeting Design

Jan 26, 2015

The Professional Convention Management Association’s annual Convening Leaders meeting in Chicago in January took its 4,000-plus attendees on a journey, with the motto, “There is risk in not taking risks.” The association turned...

Using Emotion in Meetings to Motivate Behavior Change, Part 1

Jan 23, 2015

Funny how a one-hour session can completely upend your perception of what’s really important. Case in point: A hybrid session I attended virtually last week put on by the Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders, which w...

Commentary: Love Your Millennials!

Jan 20, 2015

I love our story, “Millennials Make Meetings Better for All,” written and edited by Alison Hall and Contributing Editor Rob Carey. Why? While we offer 12 ways to create meetings Millennials will love, we also have come to the realization that att...

QuickMobile Rolls out Certificate Program, Releases 2.0 Version of App, and Welcomes New CEO

Jan 13, 2015

Vancouver-based QuickMobile, a leading provider of mobile event apps, has been in overdrive. Within the last month the company has brought on a new CEO, Craig Brennan, a high-tech industry veteran; rolled out a mobile app certificate program; and...

Your Conference’s Networking Dollar Value? Priceless

Dec 23, 2014

Many conference organizers provide justification toolkits to help registrants gain the boss’s approval to attend. These often include back-of-the-envelope calculations on expenses, as well as anticipated professional development and business...

Harnessing the Multitask Trend: FreemanXP’s New Second-Screen Solution

Dec 17, 2014

In a 2014 study by Salesforce, 65 percent of tablet owners reported using their devices while watching TV. It’s probably the same when they’re watching your speakers. But the second-screen trend doesn’t have to be a negative. In fact, a new wave...

What Does a 21st Century Meeting Look Like?

Dec 03, 2014

We are five years closer to 2025 that we are to 2000. Reflect on that. The events of 9/11/01 are still fresh in our minds. That was 13 years ago and 2025 is ten years from now. Most of you reading these words, when thinking about the year 2025...

10 Questions for Our Industry, or Maybe Just One?

Dec 02, 2014

A publisher friend recently asked me to come up with my list of the 10 most critical questions the meetings industry needs to address over the coming decade. Perhaps typically, I could only manage to come up with one! Here’s what I sent him...