The Anatomy of a Meeting Planner
They say being an event planner is one of the most stressful jobs in the world (according to CareerCast and Forbes). It takes a certain kind of person to be able to manage that stress and still run a successful…
They say being an event planner is one of the most stressful jobs in the world (according to CareerCast and Forbes). It takes a certain kind of person to be able to manage that stress and still run a successful…
Days on the tradeshow floor manning your exhibition booth, countless business cards, blisters and handshakes with current and potential clients and suppliers. Now that the tradeshow is over and the booths are packed away, there’s still a lot of follow…
There is nothing worse than travelling for hours on end to a conference across the country, only to spend the entire time in the host hotel. Providing delegates with an opportunity to see the beauty of the destination may be…
If you attend tradeshows as part of your job or industry, you know how mentally and physically exhausting it can be to walk the tradeshow floor, and still fulfill all the other obligations associated with the show or conferences. Below…
We’ve inevitable all experienced it – lower delegate attendance and engagement on the final day, after a late-night of networking. Perhaps you’ve even been guilty of skipping out on the final keynote, hoping to get your luggage packed and catch…
Creating and maintaining an event budget may not be the most exciting task on your to-do list, but the time invested in preparing a good conference budget (and referring to it often) will help you and your event stay on…
(tips taken from PCMA Convene, January 2015) At one point in our career, we’ve all been aghast with the high cost of wifi at our conference hotels. How on earth does it cost THAT much, when getting high-speed wifi is…
I’m very fortunate with my role in the meetings industry – I have the great privilege to visit a number of hotels coast to coast. Site visits at hotels are sometimes done as part of a larger familiarization trip, some…