Once a client decides to move forward with a strategic meeting management pilot program, identifying tasks and initiating implementation are the next steps to success. Numerous tasks need to be undertaken pre-, during, and post-launch in order to...
“Imagine if you could somehow do a web search for something that doesn’t exist yet,” Mickey McManus proposes. “There is massive hidden value in the way you engage with customers when something rare, like prediction, becomes...
I just returned from a trans-Atlantic cruise. Initially, I was going to dedicate this article to the value of going on holiday: disconnecting 100 percent and recharging for a fresh perspective and renewed energy. However, the cruise was full...
Seeing Global Meetings Industry Day in our calendar prompted me to reflect on where the industry is today, how much it has evolved, and where the future lies...
The three experiences that you should add to your next conference are: 1. Hosted-buyer appointments 2. A start-up pavilion and Shark Tank theater on your show floor 3. Roundtable discussions during your day-one lunch
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I have talked a lot about eRFP “spam” in recent years, an unintended consequences of helpful meeting technology tools. In essence, eRFP spam is when some buyers send out an inordinately high number of RFPs for relatively small, simple...
The countdown is on to May 25, 2018, when the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation goes into effect. Now’s the perfect time for global strategic meetings management program leaders to finally get visibility and oversight...
