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The Internal Revenue Service issues very little guidance on employee achievement (incentive) awards. Section 274(j) of the IRS Code, enacted by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, provides, in general, that an employer may deduct the cost of employee...

Considering Mali, Africa, for your next event? Rotura, New Zealand? Cesky Krumlov Town, Czech Republic? These emerging destinations will have a place on the show floor at IMEX, May 12-14 at Messe Frankfurt, Germany, alongside the hundreds of...

The reduction in the number of life insurance companies operating in the U.S. over the last 10 years: 773 Percent of finance/banking/insurance companies that offer computer training: 18% Percent of finance/banking/insurance companies that offer...

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As the seasons change, so do the roles and responsibilities of the meeting planner. Consider March, the start of spring. After a long, cold winter, spring symbolizes a new beginning for the meeting planner, who must start the planning cycle by...

WHILE TRAINING BUDGETS across corporate America were down 6 percent last year, according to the 2003 U.S. Training Industry Study conducted by Training magazine, financial services training was substantially more robust. Forty-three percent of the...

Move over traditional marketers. Events continue to gain ground as a strategic tool for corporate America, with event marketing budgets expected to rise 15 percent to 20 percent this year, according to PROMO magazine's 2004 Event Marketing Study...

David Byrne, the former lead singer of the Talking Heads, has actually found a way to make PowerPoint, well, cool. His new book and DVD, “Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information” (Steidl & Pace/MacGill Gallery 2003), is a coffee...

Want to treat incentive attendees with a gift that tickles their funny bones? Check out Insurance As a Second Language, an unconventional look at the world of insurance written by popular industry speaker and ICP columnist — and former insurance...