Jan 02, 2015

Here are 50 ways to cut costs when planning your next meeting.

For Meetings in 2015, the Devil is in the Details

Dec 29, 2014

The role of the meeting planner used to be straightforward: identify a date, find a location, create an agenda, plan the logistics. But the world has changed, and meeting attendees have a different set of expectations than they did in the past...

Your Conference’s Networking Dollar Value? Priceless

Dec 23, 2014

Many conference organizers provide justification toolkits to help registrants gain the boss’s approval to attend. These often include back-of-the-envelope calculations on expenses, as well as anticipated professional development and business...

A Look Back: 2014's Most Refreshing Meeting Ideas and Insights

Dec 19, 2014

Here’s a look back at some of the revealing, refreshing, and just plain interesting items brought to you in 2014 in MeetingsNet's "On the Fly" report, our monthly selection of intel and ideas on meetings, business travel, and...

Kimpton and IHG: What Side Are You On?

Dec 19, 2014

“Adorable Hotel Brand Kimpton Sells Out,” proclaimed a Frommer’s blog. “Kimpton’s Travel Groupies Don’t Want to Stay at Holiday Inn,” read the headline at BloombergBusinessweek...

Harnessing the Multitask Trend: FreemanXP’s New Second-Screen Solution

Dec 17, 2014

In a 2014 study by Salesforce, 65 percent of tablet owners reported using their devices while watching TV. It’s probably the same when they’re watching your speakers. But the second-screen trend doesn’t have to be a negative. In fact, a new wave...

Commentary: Year of the Backlash

Dec 15, 2014

A few months ago I interviewed Scott Owens of Salesforce, the biggest name in customer relationship management technology (“The Dreamforce App: In Your Corner, Not in Your Face”). Owens is in charge of the event app for Dreamforce, the...

Top 11 Female Speakers for 2014

Dec 13, 2014

Ruth Levine, founder of SpeakInc. Speakers bureau, released her list of the most popular female speakers for 2014 in July 2013. That prompted us to get in touch and ask her more about gender and the corporate speaker circuit. MeetingsNet: Do y...