Picture a meeting with no keynote speakers, no pre-announced workshop schedules, and no panel discussions. Instead, participants organize themselves in a circle and talk about … what they want to talk about...
THE TURBULENT ECONOMY has permanently changed many companies' view of outsourcing meeting planning, says Dawn Penfold, president, Meeting Candidate Network Inc., a New York placement company for meeting planners. Penfold started a new division of...
All too often, board and committee meetings and executive retreats feel more like the yearly visit to the dentist: No one really wants to go, the experience can be painful, and participants are frequently relieved when it's over. All of which...
Why not add an element of charity to your event — a way to give back to the community or the environment? Here are five suggestions from LHR Co., Bellevue, Wash., which specializes in organizing these activities...
SEVENTY-FIVE CONSULTANTS from Creative Memories got to see life through the eyes of a child from La Cruz de Quelitan, Mexico, as part of their incentive program last year. Their lives will never be quite the same...
“Waste? At my meeting? It's not even on my radar screen!” Those words from an experienced meeting planner underline just how tough it is to raise awareness about the tremendous volume of waste trade shows and meetings produce every year...
