The Gold Rush
Nineteen presentations in two and a half days, followed by 21 site inspections in 36 hours, outdoors, in the middle of winter. Any planner willing to...
Tools of the Trade - 2005-06-01
I Dream of Inspiration
True Colors
Next month, Kappa Alpha Psi, an upscale black fraternal organization, will bring 12,000 attendees to St. Louis, where they'll spend $7 million in one...
Vacationing On the Fly
While the stress of conceptualizing, planning and executing several meetings and events a year would make any planner long to lay out on the beach for...
Webcasting: Promising but Underused
Webcasting can dramatically extend the reach of many types of meetings, but surprisingly the technology is still the domain of early adopters.
When Shows Outgrow Venues
Some of the nation's largest trade shows are experiencing a good problem: their attendance is growing. But while this brings the show organizers more...
When Price Is The Object, New Budget-Friendly Speaker Service May Just Fit The Bill
Nashville, Tenn. ¿ The process of searching for a speaker often starts with a meeting's goals or locale, and ends with peer or speakers-bureau...
Corps. To Hotels: One Form Fits All
More meeting planners are employing their own customized hotel contract templates to create efficiencies and mitigate risk.