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...
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—...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
MEETology's Jonathan Bradshaw at the opening keynote of Smart Monday. Photo courtesy of the IMEX GroupI’ve been a big fan of Jonathan Bradshaw’s Meetology Minutes, a weekly short video that gives a quick hit of some of the brain science research ...