TACKLING ONE of the industry's most troublesome issues head-on, Meeting Professionals International, through a paper from its Global Corporate Circle of Excellence, is telling members that they must partner with their procurement colleagues if...
THE NECESSARY CONCLUSION to many a meeting, the traditional corporate awards ceremony has a long, if unexciting, history. Often formal and colorless, it can sometimes leave an attendee cold once dinner is over and the speeches begin...
THE CREATIVE ENERGY was flowing on the floor of The Special Event show, held January 5 to 8 in Miami Beach. What better place to find the trendiest touches for your events? Here's what we discovered as we strolled the show floor...
The goal is straightforward: The meeting industry needs to communicate via computer. To that end, APEX — the Convention Industry Council's project to develop industrywide accepted practices — has a technology component: The APEX Technology...
I ONCE MET with two women to discuss “listening training” as a vital aspect of executive development. After a few casual remarks, I asserted that listening is not well understood in the workplace...
EVER WONDER WHAT people are actually doing on the other end of a conference call? You can bet that you don't have their undivided attention, according to the results of a recent survey of 385 corporate employees commissioned by Raindance...
PRA Destination Management Inc. continues to expand, opening its first San Francisco franchise in December. PRA San Francisco is the company's 16th franchise office in the United States. It will be owned and operated by Ferris Suer and Liz Watson...
TWO MAJOR MEETING ASSOCIATIONS have joined with the World Tourism Organization and EIBTM, a trade show organized by Reed Travel Exhibitions, to create a partnership that will measure the global importance of the meetings industry, with the aim of...