Want to Sabotage Your Meeting? Easy. Just Flub the Pre-Meeting Research

Nov 07, 2016

Where are you?” This crucial question is the first one asked in the Bible, was crooned by Frank Sinatra in his song of the same name, and should be the first thing you consider when you start designing your meeting. Specifically, you should...

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Healthy Incentives that Don’t Skimp on Luxe

Nov 04, 2016

Content sponsored by Luxe incentive programs are all about pampering and making memories. But times have changed. Today’s attendees want to stay in shape, and they don’t want to return home five pounds heavier. What they expect from a l...

3 Strategies to Emotionally Connect Attendees to Your Event

Nov 04, 2016

IMEX Group CEO Carina Bauer says the key to meeting success is being able to personalize the experience on a grand scale.When MeetingsNet asked the IMEX Group CEO Carina Bauer about the most important trends she’s seeing played out on the world s...

5 No-Cost Ways to Energize Your General Sessions

Nov 02, 2016

Looking to maximize your impact at your conference’s general sessions? Here are five simple, no-cost ways to amp up the energy, professionalism, and theatricality. 1. Introductions: Leave the name for last When introducing the next presenter—...

3 Cybersecurity Questions You Need to Answer Now

Oct 31, 2016

Image: ValeryBrozhinsky on ThinkStock by Getty ImagesDo you know just how vulnerable your meetings, and your attendees, are to being hacked by a cyber criminal? Here’s a sobering thought: The Black Hat USA convention, which gathered hackers from ...

Unique Meeting Space by the Hour in NYC—Believe It

Oct 31, 2016

Julian Jost, CEO and founder of SpacebaseSpacebase, a website for finding and booking unconventional, non-hotel venues for small meetings, has just crossed the pond. The company, which has been operating in Europe for two years, began offering Ne...

What Should Be Haunting You This Halloween

Oct 29, 2016

Some look at this and see a fun fake thrill. I'm just seeing a big old fire hazard! Image by DarioZg on Thinkstock by Getty ImagesI may have been haunted for years by a very mischievous, very annoying poltergeist, and I will always be an ardent S...

What Planners Want in Site Selection Technology

Oct 28, 2016

While the technology exists to help meeting professionals throughout the site-sourcing process, just over half—57 percent—say they currently use meeting management technology to plan their events, according to a Global Business Travel Association...

Meeting Rooms of the Future Will Be Experiential, Tasty, and Wired

Oct 25, 2016

IACC CEO Mark Cooper talking about the Meeting of the Future study at IMEX America 2016Home-style settings, networking spaces and a peek at the great outdoors—all are features that will mark the meeting room of the future, according to the second...