Whether you think of it in terms of new generational labels or not, the world and your meeting attendees are rapidly changing, and regular check-ins from companies such as brand experience agency FreemanXP (a division of Freeman) can offer...
Dan Young, CMP, has been managing Thrivent Financial’s annual Peak Performers’ Conference since its inception. (He also worked predecessor conferences at Lutheran Brotherhood beginning in 1994, until that organization merged with Aid Association ...
Twitter allows us 140 characters to deliver a message and catch the attention of our followers to take action. That action may be to connect to an article, Web site, book, or to engage another person. Either way, it is the haiku of the Twitter...
Here's the latest in an occasional series of meeting idea collections. We're sharing the engagement tools, learning formats, and other items that have come across our desks lately. Raise a glass or a dumbbell—it's all...
When the Global Business Travel Association Foundation surveyed travel managers, security officers, and human resources managers about how their organizations keep business travelers safe, more than eight in 10 reported having a travel risk...
The word retreat literally means “to withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat.” There are many reasons why a staff team might hold a retreat; e.g., to avoid office chaos and distractions and...
Planners are always on the lookout for fresh ideas. You could be reading this right now while taking a break from trying to figure out how, at long last, to orchestrate your awards dinner so it doesn’t bore the pants off half the audience.
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The goal of most corporate meeting departments is to plan programs that get high marks from attendees and save money in the process. David Rich would like to upgrade that goal by adding a bigger purpose for what you do, a purpose that already...
A unique setting for corporate programs is available about an hour northeast of Quebec on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. Le Massif de Charlevoix comes from the imagination of Daniel Gauthier, co-founder of Cirque du Soleil, and includes a h...