April 22 marks the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, and with it comes the annual call to action and an opportunity to make a difference. There are many activities to get involved with both locally and internationally as a way to recognize the day...

J Ocana, Reaction Audio VisualToday's guest post is by J Ocana, who is president, COO, and one of the founders of Reaction Audio Visual, an international event technology production company. Some meeting professionals bemoan the fact that thei...

Convention Industry Council CEO Karen Kotowski, CAE, CMPConvention Industry Council CEO Karen Kotowski, CAE, CMP, has sent a letter urging Indiana Governor Michael Pence to work with the general assembly to ensure Senate Bill 101, the Religious F...

It’s not rocket science: More than half of meeting attendees probably will never ask a question in the traditional pass-the-microphone setting because they want to remain anonymous. Research just released by audience interaction company sli...

ASAE President and CEO John Graham, CAEIn a letter sent March 30, American Society of Association Executives President and CEO John Graham, CAE, asked Indiana Governor Michael Pence to work with the Indiana House and Senate to amend Senate Bill 1...

Sustainable events company MeetGreen has teamed up with TerraPass, which specializes in innovations for environmental impact reduction, to offer the TerraPass Event Carbon Calculator. The goal is give meeting and event organizers a simple way to ...

The Hotel Van Zandt, a Kimpton hotel that’s opening this summer in Austin, Texas, is looking to build excitement by holding a name-that-meeting-space contest. You have until April 5 at 5 p.m. Central Time to send in your best idea for a name for ...

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...