Announcing the First-Ever Master’s Degree in Meetings Management
Meeting planners can now earn a master’s degree in meeting and event management thanks to a new partnership between MPI and San Diego State University.
6 LinkedIn Groups Every Event Professional Should Join
Here are six LinkedIn Groups that every event professional should look into joining for insider tips, educational articles and an online community.
Q&A: Meeting Planners Unite On Healthcare Coverage, New Partnerships
Not even a year old and Meeting Planners Unite is offering healthcare to its independent meeting planner members.
One of the Most Stressful Jobs? Meeting Planning!
Every year, lists of the most stressful jobs include meeting and event planners. So we asked some of our favorite planners what stresses them out the most.
How Women Can Negotiate Their Way to Equal Pay
Exactly why do women get paid less than men, and what ways can they negotiate their way to equal pay?
Expert Advice on Fast-Tracking Women in Leadership Roles
In this Shakedown, Professor M.S. Rao discusses strategies for women to get into leadership roles and how corporations can better advocate for gender equality in the workplace.
Veteran Planners Offer Meeting Planning Advice at FICP
At FICP's Annual Conference, three industry veterans—Prudential's Debbie Moran, Bank of America's Sara Parker and FM Global's Wayne Robinson—shared meeting planning advice on everything from work-life balance to site inspections.
Working Mothers in the Meetings Industry Report Flexibility From Employers
New research by Prevue Meetings & Incentives and the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE)Â found that working mothers in the meetings industry are finding a fairly supportive environment.
7 Tips: How to Dress for a Meeting
We turned to the experts for the best advice on how to dress for a meeting.
Meeting Planning Career Advice from the Pros
In our soon-to-be-released joint survey of 708 women by Prevue Meetings & Incentives and the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE), we asked respondents to share meeting planning career advice with others who were just starting out in the industry.
Women Meeting Planners Offer Advice on Work-Life Balance
422 women responded to our latest survey with work-life balance advice for a woman starting out in the meetings industry. Here are some of our favorite answers.
Glass Ceiling Still Exists in Meeting Industry
About half of respondents to the soon-to-be-released joint survey of 708 women by Prevue Meetings & Incentives and the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) reported a glass ceiling—being in jobs where they believed that being a woman had prohibited them from advancing any further.
Women Meeting Planners Share Advice on Sexual Harassment
Who better to provide advice on sexual harassment in scenarios common to meeting planners than their fellow meeting planners? Here are some of our favorite responses from the nearly 400 women who wrote to us:
#MeToo Meets Meetings
Establishing code of conduct at events is now a top priority as nearly 60 percent of women event planners report having endured #MeToo moments.
