In a 2014 study by Salesforce, 65 percent of tablet owners reported using their devices while watching TV. It’s probably the same when they’re watching your speakers. But the second-screen trend doesn’t have to be a negative. In fact, a new wave...
A few months ago I interviewed Scott Owens of Salesforce, the biggest name in customer relationship management technology (“The Dreamforce App: In Your Corner, Not in Your Face”). Owens is in charge of the event app for Dreamforce, the...
Ruth Levine, founder of SpeakInc. Speakers bureau, released her list of the most popular female speakers for 2014 in July 2013. That prompted us to get in touch and ask her more about gender and the corporate speaker circuit.
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We MeetingsNet editors do get around—to meetings industry meetings, that is. Herewith is our list of our favorite speakers from the meetings we attended in 2014. Post a comment and share your favorites, too!
We found some new twists (selfies as promotional tools), major shifts (have you considered downscaling hotels?), little wows (smartphones as room keys), and big impressions (a wall of Instagram photos) to share with you in our roundup. We'd love ...
The event planning software company Social Tables and the advocacy group Meetings Mean Business have collaborated with industry experts on a trend report called “The 9 Ways Meetings Will Impact Hotels in 2015.” Among the contributors...
One of the chief joys when traveling is visiting a world-class, historic city for the first time. That first time you set out to explore a metropolis is like the morning after a snowfall. The virgin snow stretches out as far as eye can see, just ...
We are five years closer to 2025 that we are to 2000. Reflect on that. The events of 9/11/01 are still fresh in our minds. That was 13 years ago and 2025 is ten years from now. Most of you reading these words, when thinking about the year 2025...
