Yes, I have been a-traveling lately, and I've done some incredibly cool stuff (swimming with dolphins! Ziplining! Learning about Cvent's new Blue Release and the Incentive Research Foundation's latest data!). But more to the point, I've experienc...

After having spent the better part of the last six weeks on the road for either meetings or personal stuff—with a funeral and a wedding stuffed in between trips—my poor introverted little heart is in dire need of some alone time! I love to meet a...

The Convention Industry Council and Social Tables have partnered to create the Pocket Planner, a meetings and events calculator app that helps planners with F&B, staffing, and safety requirements. Now available, Pocket Planner links directly to t...

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Chris Lee, DMCPThe Beginning Sometime during the 1960s, as a response to meeting and convention planners’ desire for custom group leisure activities during their programs, a new business was born. Referred to as “ground operators,” they were mo...

Meeting planners know that one of the more common complaints on education session evaluation forms is that a session “wasn’t what I expected.” It’s highly unlikely that any of the attendees at the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners Edu...

Joan Eisenstodt, Meetings & Hospitality Consultant, Facilitator, and Trainer, Eisenstodt Associates, LLC, earns her own special place on our list of 2014 Changemakers

Cheryl Trinidad likes to try new things with meetings. “No risk, no reward,” says Trinidad, who has a way of making the cliché sound fresh and fun. Which could be because we’re catching her at what she considers the fun part of the process. LPL ...

If you think you don't have time in your meeting agenda for a genuinely meaningful community service experience, consider what CSR expert Alan Ranzer has to say. Then share your thoughts by posting a comment below the article.