What's the first thing I did after unpacking? Run down to the beach and take a selfie and a stroll by the waterline, of course!I hadn’t been to Atlantic City since my grandmother rented a cottage there back in the late 1960s, so I was unreasonabl...

Tristan Harris, a former Google design ethicist and magician, blew my mind a little with this article on Medium on how technology is being used to influence our decisions without us even realizing it. And as I was reading, I couldn’t help but thi...

Here are some of the stories I found to be kind of intriguing on the interwebs this week. TGIF! You may love your smartphone, but it is affecting you more than you may think. Check out this Mental Floss video that explains just how our smartph...

File this one under the strangest press release I've gotten so far this week: A low-water laundry system maker surveyed more than 1,000 U.S. and U.K. consumers to find out how towels impact the quality of the hotel guest experience. And guess wha...

To all you brainiacs seeking to keep your gray matter perking along at a good pace as age tries to slow the rest of you down, the science is in, and it says get super crazy busy. Yup, that Tasmanian devil whirling dervish of daily tasks and activ...

Today's guest post is by speaker and author Cyriel Kortleven, CSP “Yes but” ... “No money” ... “No time” ... these are classic idea killers meeting planners hear when they try something new to improve their events. And for those who design eve...

Here are a few fun links I ran across today that I thought you might enjoy: How little black swans can make you a better negotiator: Before you sit down with your counterpart to hash out your meeting’s next contract, check out why former lead ...

Last week, the President and the Secretary of the Department of Labor ushered in a new rule that almost doubles the salary threshold for overtime pay from $23,360 to $47,476 per year. With “event coordinator” clocking in at a median of $46,490, a...

I read with great amusement a post on the Event Planning and Event Management LinkedIn group by someone who called himself a “member of the Jurassic Park class of event managers” because he looks askance at those who think they can pack everythin...

You had a long, sleepless flight, and now you have to hit the ground running to make sure everything goes smoothly at your event. Meeting planning—and the travel that goes along with it—can be exhausting even when you get enough sleep. And when y...