Classrooms Still Play Critical Role PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL'S ONLINE TRAINING BOOM When Dick Hannasch joined Principal Financial Group in 1987, the company had five computer-based training courses. Fast forward to the present: that number has grown to...
"Immerse yourself in the powerful legacy of a culture that dared and succeeded." With Cancun as the site for its 2000 Conference of Champions, SAFECO used Mayan history to inspire its kickoff brochure. Playing off the intellectual and artistic...
What better way for achievers to experience the Emerald Isle than by visiting Dublin on March 17, just in time for the Irish celebration of St. Patrick's day? "It's a big party with a little bit of everything thrown in the mix," says George Kling...
Continuing a theme--balance--that he introduced at the Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress in Philadelphia last summer, MPI Chairman Ed Simeone, CMP, brought his wife, Joy, and children, Amanda and Christopher, on stage...
Quick history: Insurance planners who have been around a while will remember the Marriott Insurance Planners Seminar, held annually for 14 years, through 1993. Those who haven't been around as long might remember being invited to Marriott's...
* All Meetings Success Story--AllMeetings (www.allmeetings.com) has experienced more than 100 percent monthly growth since its launch in May 1999, which company officials attribute to its cost-calculating site selection service. The site uses a...
Over the past decade, western ski resorts have remade themselves into year-round destinations. And it should be no surprise that Salt Lake City and its nearby ski resorts are preparing around the clock for the 2002 Winter Olympics. Roughly 1,500...
Monumental Life Insurance Company has weathered many storms during its 142-year history, but none was more formidable than the Baltimore, Md.-based company's June 1997 acquisition of Providian Agency Group, a company three times its size...
Who better to talk about balance between work and family than someone who lives it? In January, at MPI's Professional Education Conference (PEC) at Nashville's Opryland Hotel, Chairman Ed Simeone, CMP, was joined onstage during the opening session...