Today's guest post is by Siobhan Scott, a marketing executive with shop4pop.com. There’s no denying the power of social media. With a few shares from the right people, a post can go viral in a matter of minutes, reaching all four corners of th...

Planners may be reluctant to include Airbnb and other short-term home rental services in their official room blocks, but there’s no denying that they are becoming increasingly popular with attendees and exhibitors. So what happens if something go...

It’s not a must, but if you choose to give a speaker a gift, keep these tips in mind.

What's the first thing I did after unpacking? Run down to the beach and take a selfie and a stroll by the waterline, of course!I hadn’t been to Atlantic City since my grandmother rented a cottage there back in the late 1960s, so I was unreasonabl...

Are you using your corporate events to lay out the company’s plans for the year ahead? While broadcasting information to customers and teams was once a prime objective for in-person meetings, it now makes no sense to waste your meeting doing some...

As incentive industry professionals, we are intensely interested in what motivates our audiences to achieve, to attend, to acquire. Much has been written about designing rewards and programs that motivate and engage across generations, which is a...

“We are not building ballrooms anymore!&rdquo...

Pay it forward by spending some time today responding to an important green meetings survey. The Green Meeting Industry Council has commissioned a major study of sustainability practices, which is being conducted by Dr. Dina Zemke and Dr. Yen-Soo...

How can meeting planners create the kind of top-notch collateral that attendees have grown accustomed to while keeping a lid on ever-tighter budgets? In the past, complex and expensive four-color off-set printing was reserved for only the biggest...

The Meetings Mean Business Coalition’s latest campaign to highlight the meetings industry holds up the U.S. presidential election as a model for the importance of people getting together face to face...