I finally got around to reading We Have Always Done It That Way: 101 things about associations we must change, and I think it's a must-read for association meeting planners, as well as the execs it's aimed at. So much of what the authors talk...

I just have to mention the luncheon Las Vegas put on for the Expo! Expo! show yesterday. I can't even begin to explain the centerpieces and decorations—of course, I had packed my camera away like a dummy, so I couldn't take pictures—but they were...

Yesterday morning I went to a great session called, "The Art and Science of Persuasive Marketing," and now know exactly why so many of the brochures that pile up on my desk don't compel me to spend hours perusing them. Led by Denise Paccione...

At yesterday's Expo! Expo! luncheon, we found out that long-time IAEM member Alan Peterson has had a horrible tragedy in his family: In a bad car crash earlier this week, his daughter, Hanna Elizabeth, was killed, and his son gravely injured. The...

Sounds like something a cartoon character shrieks as he runs off a cliff, doesn't it? That's probably why the International Association for Exhibition Management's new acronym, for International Association of Exhibits and Events, is pronounced IA...

I just heard about University of Colorado's plan to offer Bachelor of Innovation degrees in electrical engineering, computer science, and game design and development. A snip...

The talk at the lunch in the exhibition hall today at Expo! Expo!, at least among us newbies to the show, was about the lack of seating for those lunching. There was only one bar-type tabletop at each food station I saw, and much of the food...

And it wasn't even 9:30 a.m.! This actually was a fun session, with the panelists bellied up to a bar (with real bottles of liquor on it, though they only drank water) and the moderator serving as bartender, in recognition that most of the best...

Attending the educational sessions here at the Expo! Expo! show is a little different than at other meeting industry events I've been to. Namely, attendance seems to be pretty sparse, so far at least. Part of the problem may be that IAEM didn't...

While most bars, restaurants, and hotels that have already implemented smoking bans haven't found it to hurt their businesses much (and some have seen an increase as a result), some casinos in Atlantic City worry as their city mulls a smoking ban...