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Finding ways to trim corporate travel and entertainment costs — including meeting expenses — has become a top priority for companies of all sizes. Ditto with the types of meetings you hold: Whether large or small, the data you can collect on those...
Listen to your attendees. Go on site to the event, talk to people about what they did and didn't like. Evaluations, of course, are also invaluable. It sounds simplistic, but it's the foundation on which everything is built. Take a tip from forward...
How would you like to confidently lead a group of diverse people to make a rapid collective decision anytime and anywhere? Or guide someone else in doing it? Of course you would. Who wouldn't? After learning to use the method in this article, you...
It's the "plane" truth that air travel isn't what it used to be. Long security lines, a widening gap between business and promotional tourist fares, no budging on contracts, route cutbacks to your next meeting's destination—even the peanuts have...
This timeline was developed for a strategic planning meeting of about 100 people. Six months' lead time in today's on-demand meeting market is often a luxury; the timeline can be compressed into three months...
Point your Web browser to www.companygreenhouse.com. Dial into the conference call where your counterparts in Dallas, St. Louis, Boston, and Seattle are waiting. Push your phone's “speaker” button to fill the room with the sounds of being there...
Our usual national meeting, or a series of regionals — what should it be this year? It's a question many planners face as they synthesize today's travel realities. In fact, a survey of business travelers conducted by Yesawich, Pepperdine &...
If you're like most people, you're not thrilled with every meeting you attend. There's a reason for this. Great meetings don't just happen automatically — they're designed. Producing a great small meeting is like producing a great product. You don...