Attendees at Meeting Professionals International's World Education Conference, held July 28 to 31 in Montréal, heard about many steps the association is taking to expand globally: a plan to sign the United Nation's Global Compact on Corporate...
The first time that I met Pamela Wynne, I was struck by her energy and enthusiasm. I was assigning a story about what it's like to run a meetings department, and at the time, she was manager of corporate meeting planning at Educational Testing...
Meeting Professionals International's 2007-2008 leadership assumed their roles July 1, bringing in a board of directors headed by Angie Pfeifer, CMM, assistant vice president, corporate meetings, travel and incentives, Investors Group Financial...
EVEN AS A TEENAGER, KAREN HOCH was intrigued by the hospitality industry. But when she applied to the hospitality program at the University of New Hampshire and was not accepted, she opted to follow in her sister's footsteps and attend Bentley...
Erin Johnson knew that something had to change. A few years ago, she was working in the meeting-planning department at American Express, handling big meetings and big budgets for Johnson & Johnson Co. But while everyone in her department...
Lawrence Sherman Posed an interesting question in his column “Same Time Next Year?” (January/February 2007, page 15) Why do so many of us go to the same meetings year after year? Certainly the collegial environment is a benefit. However, with more...
These are not the Best of times for the pharmaceutical industry. More regulations, increased federal scrutiny, pricing pressures, and a tarnished public image all cloud the present — and future — of the industry. But along with these challenges...