Rolling With It
Just as everyone had settled into a pattern of disgruntled speculation as to whether the decision to host the 2004 Democratic National Convention in...
Shows' Sweet Charity
While associations are looking for ways to better manage waste, more trade shows are getting involved with charities (and tax breaks) by donating...
Squeezed!
Interested in the glamorous world of pharmaceutical events and big drug-company money? Where dashing doctors swill champagne and multimillion-dollar...
Takin' It To The Streets
Although the popular perception of left-wing protest movements is that they can be less than organized, New York's activists have been planning...
Talking Trash
With this spring's release of the Convention Industry Council's Green Meetings Report, the issue of green meetings defined as those designed to minimize...
Texas Tandoori
What do Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, Magic Johnson, Deepak Chopra, and Bob Dole have in common? They've all been speakers at the annual convention of...
The Art of Goal Achievement
After consulting for over 300 companies and doing presentations for thousands more, I have found that they all have one thing in common. Businesses all...
The Final Countdown
As Bill Harris stood at the podium on a bright, warm, mid-May morning in New York, you'd have never guessed from his demeanor that the most stressful 96...