Video technology is finding its place among virtual meeting tools, from teleconferencing to webcasting. And for good reason: Video lets you see facial expressions, which convey much more than disembodied words ever could. It brings virtual...
Over the years, I've had the pleasure of working with numerous celebrities and entertainers. And I've learned there's a reason why many of them have stayed on top for so long. Want to know their secret? It's what Bill Cosby once told me was his...
Lisa Molony has been promoted to vice president, insurance sales, for PGI, the interactive events and communications company based in Arlington, Va. Molony, who had been director of national accounts, insurance, will continue to be based in...
No doubt you and your attendees check e-mail while on the road. Your meetings likely have at least one presenter who needs an Internet connection to do a live Web demo. You probably have all the hotel company Web sites bookmarked, so you can get...
For meeting planners, the time-proven threat of being outsourced now has been joined by the double whammy punch of mergers and acquisitions. The latter often result in downsizing, staff reviews, and you guessed it - outsourcing...
When Conseco Inc. launched a site for its Travel & Event Services division on the corporate intranet two years ago, it also started a new company policy: All requests for meetings at Conseco's in-house conference center in Carmel, Ind., had to...
The latest dot-com pairing will have Westport, Conn.-based b-there.com (www.b-there.com) offering its meeting planner users the opportunity to add a direct link to the air-booking capabilities of Menlo Park, Calif.-based GetThere (www.getthere.com...
PlanSoft's completely redesigned meeting planning Web site has a new address: www.mpoint.com. The updated site is one of a host of products from Cleveland, Ohio-based PlanSoft Corp. that are in "advanced stages of development," says Ed Tromczynski...
Know who won the World Series in 1929? If you're a Mutual of Omaha agent, you probably do. Every year, the company runs a three-month Baseball Contest to boost summer sales. The prize? A trip to two World Series games. So what does that have to do...