Dahlton A. Bennington, CMP, CMMâ¨
Senior Meeting Planner
A-Plus Meetings & Incentives
Coral Gables, Fla.
Device
iPad, Samsung phone
My Job: “I manage a number of Fortune 500 companies’ meetings and incentive programs, providing st...
Olga Navarro
Sales and Executive Director
ITB dmc
Barcelona, Spain
My Job: “I wear multiple hats in my company, including sales, executive direction, and occasionally on-site project management.”My Device: iPad
Olga Navarro, ITB dm...
Here's a collection of apps for work and life that planners are using right now. But apps often change and new apps get launched, so we'd love your help in keeping this a lively list. Add your app faves—or note any changes you know about—in the...
Image: Stillness by h.koppdelaney via FlickrA fascinating new study published in Science finds that people really, really don't like to be left alone with their own thoughts, not even for six minutes. The report, called, "Just Think: The Challeng...
Yes, I have been a-traveling lately, and I've done some incredibly cool stuff (swimming with dolphins! Ziplining! Learning about Cvent's new Blue Release and the Incentive Research Foundation's latest data!). But more to the point, I've experienc...
After having spent the better part of the last six weeks on the road for either meetings or personal stuff—with a funeral and a wedding stuffed in between trips—my poor introverted little heart is in dire need of some alone time! I love to meet a...
The Convention Industry Council and Social Tables have partnered to create the Pocket Planner, a meetings and events calculator app that helps planners with F&B, staffing, and safety requirements. Now available, Pocket Planner links directly to t...
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Chris Lee, DMCPThe Beginning
Sometime during the 1960s, as a response to meeting and convention planners’ desire for custom group leisure activities during their programs, a new business was born. Referred to as “ground operators,” they were mo...
Meeting planners know that one of the more common complaints on education session evaluation forms is that a session “wasn’t what I expected.” It’s highly unlikely that any of the attendees at the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Edu...