Not long ago, David Kushner, CMP, CAE, was standing in a river with his fly-fishing rod, enjoying the sounds of nature as the water rippled past. His fishing guide, however, was not so serene. “He was really frustrated, and felt like he was...
I attended a very large meeting last winter, but it was at a small breakout session that I learned more about a meeting's worth than I'd learned in nearly 20 years in the meeting industry...
For events that have networked computers, presenters who access the Internet, or other connectivity needs, planners need a grasp of connectivity basics. We've assembled answers to your most frequently asked questions, provided a checklist for tech...
STEPHANIE FRANKS, president of MarKomm Consulting, a Denver-based event marketing and production company, is the mind behind ConferZone, a year-and-a-half-old Web site that bills itself as “the first objective e-conferencing resource.” With its...
The American Bar Association's annual meeting began 125 years ago as a place to conduct the association's business, but over the years it's become too big for its own good. Last summer's conference involved approximately 2,500 individual events...