Aiming for a more recognizable brand and a sharper focus for their company, Amy Spatrisano and Nancy Wilson, co-founders of Meeting Strategies Worldwide, have renamed the company MeetGreen. The women have been in the vanguard of planning greener...
These days, speakers bureaus are getting lots of requests for presenters on the cheap. But industry veteran Diane Goodman of Goodman Speakers Bureau suggests that planners should focus instead on trying to get more for their money when working...
Maarten Vanneste founder of the Meeting Support Institute, talks about his book Meeting Architecture, a Manifesto and his vision for a new kind of meeting professional.
The timing couldn’t be better for the release of the new white paper, entitled “Engagement,” from the Site (formerly the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives) International Foundation. With stories of layoffs and demotivated workers making...
Fun has become a dirty word at meetings and incentives, but meeting professionals are finding innovative—and politically correct—ways for attendees to network and relax
With the U.S. lodging industry in the midst of a deep recession and the number of meetings declining, it's not surprising that many meeting managers are taking a sharp look at their existing contracts to see if there is any room for flexibility...
