Protecting Your Image and Message: Printing Contracts Your hotel, conference, or convention center arrangements are complete and your meeting dates are set. Now you want your premeeting publicity and meeting brochures to be printed correctly, have...
In the last issue, we began a discussion of intellectual property issues, and the need for event planners to protect their copyrights and trademarks. The discussion continues here...
Association Meetings interviewed Elaine Curl, president of The Convention Store, to uncover ways to cut ground transportation costs. Curl, whose company designs and runs shuttle systems throughout the United States for conventions and special...
Imitation may be the highest form of flattery, but it can also be illegal. Your meeting is your property and should be protected--everything from the design of its logo tapes of the proceedings. In this column, the first of a two-part series, we...
Planning a corporate event or incentive meeting around a prestigious golf tournament is nothing new. But now, two companies have found ways to make the tournament experience extra special...
The second annual Incredible Impacts Program, a celebration of the lasting positive effects that meetings and events can have on society, has announced its shortlist of 12 organizations up for consideration for the honor and top prize...
An emerging conference trend we’ve discovered is that fewer attendees are going to general and concurrent sessions. For years we’ve preached that attendees vote with their feet first and their wallet second. If your sessions are...
Imagine a world where global governments and big business understood that the best way to identify positive, world-changing solutions is to bring people together to collaborate, learn, and innovate. For those of us who work in the meetings...