Back in 2003, the Global Business Travel Association Meetings Committee developed the first strategic meetings management "wheel," identifying for the first time the necessary components for a robust SMM program. There have been a few iterations...
From the preparation to the agenda to the expected outcomes, read this short but essential guide to making the most of quarterly business reviews with key meeting suppliers.
Procurement managers can bring a lot to your strategic meeting management program—including transforming data into business intelligence you can really use.
Here are the four most common objections meeting organizers have to a new strategic meetings management program—and how to respond in a way that will get them on your side.
If you haven't already joined in the strategic meetings management journey, now is the time! I don't use the term “journey” lightly, as developing and implementing an SMM program is not a one-time event. It takes time to assess...
How do you react when you hear the word audit? In my earlier years as a multiple global category leader for HP, the word struck fear in my heart. Over the years, however, that fear turned into annoyance, which eventually turned into...
When strategic meetings management first came on the scene almost 20 years ago, the main focus was controlling spend and mitigating contractual risk, which produce very tangible and very important results. Over the past few years, I have observed...
