Talk about a Surprise. On the job for only a 2½ years, Colin Rorrie Jr., PhD, CAE, announced March 8 that he would be stepping down as president and CEO of Meeting Professionals International that same week. (See story on page 8.) In a press...
That's the title of an e-mail promotion that Web Enterprises has been circulating. “That's right, dear friend,” it goes on. “There are huge profits being made in this business every single day! … All you have to do...
As part of its continuing quest to put meeting planning on the professional map, Meeting Professionals International rolled out a Web tool known as Member Solutions in January at its Professional Education Conference North America in Charlotte, N...
For years, meeting-planning jobs have been positioned by the industry as leading to a chance to rub elbows with the movers and shakers of a company. Do a good job in planning, and one of these days you'll be among the folks sitting around the big...
FutureWatch, the 4-year-old flagship survey of Meeting Professionals International, released its 2006 results last week, offering a wide-angle snapshot of the trends that are influencing meetings and meeting planners...
In response to the growth in multicultural meetings and conventions, the Network of Latino Meeting Professionals was formed in January by a group of volunteers in the Washington, D.C., area. The organization is made up of meeting planners and...