Meeting Planning Toolbox

Most commercial business travel is carbon-efficient, and the meetings industry is doing its part to spread the word on sustainability.

A survey by Marriott Hotels reveals that many professionals consider multitasking as counterproductive to performance—but also that they know what would work instead.

Match your meeting’s objective with a meeting size that gives you the best chance of success.

Here's how 4 college professors get phones out of the classroom. Could their ideas work for your meetings?

An instructor at the University of Michigan warns his students about "continuous partial attention," and his ideas make sense for your attendees, too.

Today's college students benefit from content delivered in chunks that are 10 minutes or shorter, says a former instructor. Would that work for your attendees, too?

A former Rutgers journalism professor brought new ideas to the classroom to maintain students' focus. Her tactics can work for your meetings, too.

A University of Southern California teacher has conquered smartphone distractions in the classroom with active listening techniques that can work just as well for meeting groups.

As nationwide demand flattens, hotels target the meetings segment with rising rates and fees to maintain their revenue.

Some associations encourage convention attendees to share personal experiences in writing, to educate others and to entice those readers to contribute as well.