Sheila Buckley and her staff at the Learning Disabilities Association of America, Pittsburgh, had to do some quick thinking and fast acting to keep its annual meeting from being canceled after concrete flooring at the venue, the David L. Lawrence...
Experts suggest that planners be ever-mindful of legal issues when meeting outside of the U.S. Sourcing, booking, and contracting for space in other countries, particularly in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, can be quite different than here. Of...
In Recent Years, the 10-hour-plus day has become the norm for many U.S. workers. And while European workers also put in long hours, there's a big difference in how European companies reward employees for taking all that time away from their...
It can be tricky to find the right teambuilding activity for your group — something that suits diverse personalities and won't violate varying comfort zones. The following programs will inspire and excite your participants and get them...
Using its recent Professional Education Conference–Europe as it resource laboratory, Meeting Professionals International has released a white paper that, it says, reaffirms the impact effective “learning” meetings have on ROI for both the meeting...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has joined the ranks of organizations that are rethinking the impact of their meetings on the environment. Starting May 1, the government agency changed the rules under which it decides which facilities to...
