Meeting Professionals Inter-national's 2007 Professional Education Conference-North America will be the first opportunity for many industry professionals to see New Orleans post-Katrina. About 2,500 attendees are expected at the January 20-23...
There's no single way to motivate a 23-year-old who views work as a hobby and a 45-year-old Type A personality who wants everyone in the company to know about his every accomplishment. These two age groups live in separate worlds...
“Apprentice” TV show alum and up-and-coming speaker Wes Moss engaged the audience at the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners annual meeting in November with his easygoing style and blend of personal anecdotes, stories of successful...
If you've ever wondered what the Convention Industry Council's APEX (Accepted Practices Exchange) initiative is all about, join CIC's APEX leaders for a free webinar February 7 from 2 to 3 p.m. EST. The program will show you how the APEX Toolbox...
In Today's Constantly changing medical meetings business, professional planners are juggling more than logistics. With numerous parties involved in the success of the continuing medical education program, meeting planners now need to know about...
The Meetings Community, a listserv for meeting planning professionals, launched a job board in October. The service is free to organizations posting jobs and to those seeking jobs. At press time in late November, the list of posted jobs was small...
Setting boundaries doesn't always come naturally to Mary Pat Cornett, CMP, managing director of meetings, conventions, and travel for the Alexandria, Va.; based American Diabetes Association. When she first went back to work as a meetings director...
Sarah Van Nortwick, CMP, knew that she had found the right company when she was hired as a meeting planner in the Sacramento office of Ernst & Young in 2000. “They hired me when I was big and pregnant. I brought it up in the interview, and...
More than 10 years ago, when I was pregnant with my first child, the publishing company I worked for was sold, and the new owners decided to offer a telecommuting option to our staff. We were among the first of our kind, long before PDAs and the...