Addressing the Culture Gap at Global Meetings
With attendees traveling from all over and meetings being hosted in foreign countries, here are three ways that meeting planners can at least begin to address the culture gap.
My Meeting Planner Role Model Is…
Industry experts weigh in on their meeting planner role models.
How to Use a USP to Supercharge Your Trade Show Exhibit
A company’s USP makes its product stand out against the competition, but the same thing can happen to help your trade show booth stand out as well.
Does Peer-to-Peer Brainstorming Help or Hinder the Team?
As a meeting planner, have you ever asked yourself if talking amongst attendees helps or hinders collective decision-making?
Navigating the Changing Tides of Risk Management
In this Shakedown, Greg Jenkins, partner at Bravo Productions, speaks about risk management and how policies have changed throughout his 30-year career.
Easing the Pain of Socializing for Introverted Attendees
Psychologists have long identified 16 distinct personality types and those that are not mixing and mingling at your events likely belong to introverts.
Play is “Fun-damental” to Creative Thinking & Intuition
The fact that my parents took the time to play with me when I was you is the reason that I’m creative and intuitive.
Add Meaning to Your Event With Feng Shui Design
Ideas for integrating the principles of feng shui in meeting room design from MeetWell speaker Debra Duneier of Eco Chi
Abandoning the Echo Chamber: Takeaways From Google’s Gender Identity Memo
Not only did the Google memo incident result in the firing of James Damore, but it also sparked a lot of internal debates about gender at offices nationwide.
5 Ways to Attract & Retain Millennial Talent
As meeting planners continue to expand their staffs with employees from this younger generation, it’s important to remember these key ways to attract and retain top millennial talent.
The Smart Business of Intentional Event Design
When you are taken care of as a participant, your ability to make connections to other humans, and to the learning you are experience is stronger.
Get Your “Hum” Back With Shonda Rhimes—a Real-Life “Yes” Woman
Meeting planners too often lose themselves in their work, especially before a big event. And lose their professional and personal "hum" in the process.
Creating “IAATE,” Millennial-Style
What sets the really cool meetings, conferences or events apart from the OK or the pretty good?
Remember Respect? A Reminder on the Value of Emotional Connections
In the space of co-creation or regenerativity, we have lowered our standards and lost a thread of respect that comes with certain situations.
