Home Rules
Many meeting planners have done it -- some for just a few days, others full-time. Thanks to technology, working from a home office has become a viable...
The Best Damn Guide To Meetings Technology, Period
When it comes to technology, a meeting planner must make order out of chaos. The evolutionary arc of technology -- from pipe dream, to prototype, to...
The War of Attrition
"You get a feeling in the pit of your stomach, a queasy feeling, like, 'Golly, I didn't budget for that,' " confesses one veteran planner, who we'll...
High Anxiety
Jim Fausel couldn't breathe. It was December of 1999, and the 57-year-old president of meeting management firm The Conference Connection had been...
Where the Elite Meet
Whether it is a board meeting to brainstorm a strategy for the coming year, a retreat to generate a creative solution to a problem, or a trip to pump up...
Fight the Brain Drain
Is there any doubt that 2002 was a bad year to be an employee? With layoffs happening at a frightening pace, many folks dreaded showing up for work in...
State of the Industry Report
The full report can be found on our Web site under the Features and Reports section. It includes Today's Planner, Trend Spotting, Budgets,...
Big Mouths
Whoever coined the phrase "talk is cheap" sure wasn't referring to anyone whose business card reads "professional speaker." Of course, almost any Joe --...