An interview with Kari Kesler, NBTA board member, co-founder of NBTA’s Groups and Meetings Committee, and former global manager, Honeywell Meeting Solutions, who is leading the effort toward a new certification, the SMMC
From searching for job titles to backtracking through hotels, how do you find those people within your company who plan meetings?
It's not a glamorous process. And it doesn't happen overnight. In fact, rolling out a strategic meetings management program is a pretty labor-intensive job that's often met with some tough resistance...
A strategic meetings management program only works if people use it. Here’s how to get the meeting organizers in your company to comply.
Where to start? The first step in creating a preferred supplier program is to partner with your procurement department — if you have one. Together you will draft detailed Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposal (RFP) documents that...
Work with administrative
assistants—not against them—to manage meetings.