Most people I’ve talked with about them have a love-hate relationship with icebreakers. When they work well, they really shoot the energy level into the stratosphere and help people make connections. When they go awry, an awful pall can fall over...
What compels employees, clients, and incentive qualifiers today? It’s not cash or more stuff. It’s access.
The high-performing talent and high-value customers that companies need to attract and retain want to go behind the scenes, make a diffe...
“I have so much respect for meeting planners. What you do is critical to our success,” said Jeff Duckworth, president, retail distribution, at John Hancock Investments. Duckworth leads a team of wholesalers and sales representatives...
You know your meeting’s attendees. You even love them—well OK, some of them. But are you unintentionally doing them a disservice? As a frequent meeting-goer, here are some traps I see planners fall into all too often. But they don't have to!
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Big data is big news for most industries these days—even, or perhaps especially, for meeting professionals. You can use the data you generate to measure how well your event is performing against your organization’s goals and objectives, and to he...
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Sam's favorite quoteGrass Shack Events and Media's Mike McAllen talks with Samuel J. Smith, who runs an audience engagement company called Interactive Meeting Technolo...
Webinars have become ubiquitous due to their cost-effectiveness and time-efficiency. But all too often webinar attendees have a hard time staying focused on the online training. Here are some tips on how to create webinars that will keep attendees...
As a meeting professional, you know that:
• Someone will unexpectedly declare that they’re vegan, gluten-free, and kosher—and mess up your whole meal plan.
• Some speakers will forget to bring their handouts, and require Keynote when you ha...
