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How to Rethink Event Content
NewsHow to Rethink Event Content

Ditch the traditional educational session and instead give these interactive learning activities a try at your next gathering.

 
Mar 10, 2022
Gaming Gone Wild
Think a gaming destination isn't for your group? Think again. Thanks to the success of TV shows like the Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown and the Travel...
By Sara J. Welch | April 1, 2004
Getting it Right
For something that's supposed to be a game, golf can be an awful lot of work. Not for your attendees, mind you. The only effort they have to exert is...
By Robert Carey | April 1, 2004
Hauling In the Heavy Hitters
To give golf-event attendees a memorable experience, many planners hire male or female players from the pro golf tours to participate in their events....
By Robert Carey | April 1, 2004
Hospitality Sees More Job Switches
This year, be prepared to encounter plenty of new staffers at your favorite meeting venues. As the job market slowly improves, half of hospitality...
By Ben Chapman | April 1, 2004
How to Move a Refrigerator
In the 1980s, everybody knew the Chicago Bears. Defensive lineman William "The Refrigerator" Perry and running back Walter Payton had become household...
By Suzie Amer | April 1, 2004
Just Say "Om"
It's 100 degrees in the exhibit hall and a thousand sweaty men and women in Speedos and sports bras are contorting themselves like balloon animals. Over...
By Sara J. Welch | April 1, 2004
Native American Casinos: A Gamble?
Have you heard the one about the meeting planner who, when trying to plan an event at a Native American casino, found herself confused by unfamiliar tax...
By Suzie Amer | April 1, 2004
Planners Shrug Off McPier Scandal
Despite recent indictments in a bid-rigging case involving the contractor originally hired to supervise McCormick Place's expansion, officials at the...
By Sara J. Welch | April 1, 2004
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