Management

Keep On Keepin' On
I write this a week after the terrorist assault on innocent people, on our way of life and, almost incidentally, on the meetings industry. Besides the obvious losses, something else has disappeared as...
By Michael Goldstein
Contractual Chatter
Before your next speaker ever reaches the podium, negotiate a contract that spells out the rights and obligations of each party. Here are a few points to include, excerpted from The Law of Meetings,...
Halting Harassment
Meeting planners spend a great deal of time with clients and third parties to ensure that the functions they organize are a success. But, there are times when friendly relations between planner and...
By Debi F. Debiak
The Softer Sell
To say the art of marketing is sophisticated today is like saying that Michael Jackson is eccentric: It's a big understatement. The marketing function has been elevated to its lofty role because...
By Robert Carey
A Day in the Life of Diane DiAntonio
Diane DiAntonio does more before 9 a.m. than most people do all day. On show days, she rises at 3:15 a.m. By 5:30, Diane is pulling her Mitsubishi Spider into the parking lot at the John B. Hynes...
By Peggy Swisher
Are You Connected
The tools of mobile and wireless technology - personal digital assistants (PDAs), cell phones, and pagers - are everywhere, and conferences are no exception. Conference organizers can take advantage of...
By Adi Blum
Shooting Stars
It was quite an experience: 400 incentive professionals from across the Americas, divided into 50 cross-cultural teams, each working on an international case study. For three hours, these Society of...
By tom mcdonald
Simply Inconvenient
June Kailes knew she was in for trouble. Having arrived at a convention in her motorized wheelchair, Kailes, a disability policy consultant afflicted with cerebral palsy, realized she would have to take...
By Rachel Gecker
Goblin, Glitches & Gaffes
For meeting planners and attendees already comfortable with the Internet in their professional lives, making the leap to online meetings is a no-brainer - or so it seems. It's a jump more planners are...
Here's to a Healthy Meeting
Planning for medical emergencies is essential for any event. The days of yelling, "Is there a doctor in the house?" when a crisis hits are over. With all of the advances in rescue techniques and...
By Joshua L. Grimes, Esq.
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