The trade show floor entrance at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel in Washington, D.C., was one of the busiest portals around at the American Society of Association Executives Management & Technology Conference and Exposition (ASAE M&T)...
What's the one law that a religious meeting planner can count on to be applied to just about every meeting or event planned? It has to be Murphy's Law: "Whatever can go wrong, will." There are just too many details to check, too many specifics to...
A medical emergency might be the last thing on anyone's mind when they're enjoying the fun and fellowship of a religious meeting or convention - until there's a crisis. But if you're prepared in advance, a crisis can be handled quickly and with...
IAEM Reprise Finds an Introspective Bill Taylor "What a difference a year makes," says Fast Company co-founder and editor William Taylor, back for a repeat keynote presentation at the annual meeting of the International Association for Exhibition...
It really opened up my eyes to accessibility," says Maureen Gross, special project coordinator for the U.S. Catholic Conference, about working her meeting to be more accessible to people with disabilities. "It's more than ramps - there's a whole...
It is important to understand the new rules on corporate sponsorship, which the Internal Revenue Service expects to finalize soon. The IRS proposal focuses on the nature of the benefits received by a sponsor in return for its payment. Where a...
Meeting planners are always on the look-out for tangible ways to enhance the quality of meeting attendees' experience. Have you thought about how pre-framing your participants' perception and leveraging the meeting agenda can work to supercharge...
More associations meet downtown than anywhere else, but the ongoing hotel seller's market calls for planners to tap some creative tactics when booking downtown...
The six-month lead time modeled here unfortunately is often a luxury nowadays. It can be compressed into three months if need be...
This scheduling timeline for a large international meeting and exhibit was adapted from a project management template, with 18 months lead time. There are typically more than 250 tasks on the template...