Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Columbus, Ohio, has become the first corporate sponsor of the Forum for People Performance Management and Measurement at Northwestern University. The Forum was launched in 2002 to research the link between...
Since it was founded in 1960, the Bobby Dodd Institute has helped people with developmental disabilities and economic disadvantages. Named in honor of coach Bobby Dodd of Georgia Tech, a football legend and tireless advocate for people with...
THE THEME WAS the dawning of a new age of Aquarius — think the musical Hair, circa 1969 — and the underlying message was partnerships and professionalism at Meeting Professionals International 2003 World Education Congress in San Francisco, August...
When it comes to incentive gifts for the fall, think electronics. “The latest techno wonder is always hot,” says Karen Renk, executive director of the Incentive Marketing Association in Naperville, Ill. “I hear that plasma- screen TVs for high-end...
Do your training programs have what it takes to not just teach new skills, but also to inspire attendees to put those skills into action after the course is completed? Here are some tried-and-true methods to ensure that your adult learners will...
WHEREVER THERE ARE third parties and commissions, there are ethical questions, and the competitive speakers industry is not immune. Some speakers bureaus are upping their commissions for marketing, negotiating, and other go-between services from...
The senior-level insurance and financial services executives who met at the awe-inspiring Resort at Squaw Creek, Lake Tahoe, Calif., in late July for the Lynette Owens Insurance Advisory Board enjoyed stimulating guest speakers and frank...
TAKING A BREAK FROM HIS DUTIES chairing a meeting of the Hotel Sales & Marketing Association International Foundation Board in Florida in mid-July, Bruce Himelstein, senior vice president of sales and marketing for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co....