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corporate gifting, Flip the Script, meeting tips, Maui Jim, gifts, gift giving

5 Tips for an Engaging Gifting Experience

Corporate gifting is an opportunity to connect with clients, strengthen relationships and provide an experience.
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How Building Trust Means Better Meetings

Good leaders work to build trust among their employees—but it’s a feeling that can’t be initiated overnight.
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Why You Should Care that Millennials Are Live Streaming

Live streaming has taken off in recent years, especially among millennials.
What I Know, contracts, meeting contracts, contract challenges

The Biggest Contract Challenge I’ve Come Across Is…

Planners share their most challenging experiences with contracts.

How to Obtain Accurate Attendee Data

Attendees anticipate pre-event data seeking by event organizers, but may not provide accurate information out of fear of discrimination.
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Have a Plan for Mitigating Cardiac Arrest & Life-Threatening Allergies

"It is one of my pet peeves that, despite the fact that sudden cardiac arrest kills more than 300,000 people a year in the U.S., many hotels choose not to have automated external defibrillators."
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How Bucket-List Incentives Drive Business Outcomes & Retain Talent

In today’s rapidly changing business environment, attracting and retaining top talent is critical to overall success—we’ve known this for some time.
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Navigating the Ups & Downs of Contract Negotiation

In this Shakedown, one meeting planners shares some of her advice on how to accommodate today’s ever-evolving world of contracts.
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3 Behavioral Economic & Neuroscience Findings to Improve Incentive Travel

The Incentive Research Foundation's findings on the fields of behavior economics and neuroscience offer insight into how certain incentive programs work.
The Shakedown, global risk, global meetings, international meetings, risk mitigation

Strategies for Navigating Global Risk Management

In this Shakedown, Theresa M. Thomas, SVP for Powered by iJet, offers her expertise on preparing for global risk management.
international travel, contract negotiation, Meeting Sites Resource, international meetings, Flip the Script, Terri Woodin,

How to Dominate the International Meetings Market

Several issues and trends are impacting the international meetings market. Here are a few tips for dominating them.
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Overcoming the Challenges Introverts Face at Networking Events

The first challenge that an introvert faces during networking events is a feeling of dread to even get out the door and attend an event with a lot of people.
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Meeting Movement Matters

Movement is momentum, momentum is energy, and energy is what you want and need in every meeting or event that you plan.
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The Pressure Test: How to Avoid Choking Under Stress

For Type A meeting planners who are choking under pressure or are afraid to make mistakes, you might be interested to know that there’s a name for that.