Boxing for Dollars

"Eternal vigilance may well be the price of liberty, as the old saying goes, but it also is the price meeting planners pay if they want to come in on--or even under--budget." So says Rodney Abraham, president of the Professional Meeting Planning Network and its full-service division, R.E. Abraham & Associates, in Durham, N.C. Whether you're a seasoned professional planner or someone new to the field, says Abraham, whose company provided meeting manager staff for nearly 1,000 events last