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Why Some Companies Still Hold Meetings
Everyone has heard by now about the restrictions placed on bailout companies. Other companies have also implemented the restrictions, thinking it will improve their public image. But when these companies made the decisions on who they needed to impress, they left out one important class of people: their employees. Spotlight on Executives There is no doubt the heat of the spotlight is... »
How New Government Guidelines Can Increase Your Value
As an event planner, you are always looking for ways to add value to your “products.” The recent guidelines the government has issued to the companies receiving bailout money can help you be a better planner. Here are two of the requirements and how you can use them to make your companies look golden even if they are planning incentive... »
Meetings are the Solution, Not the Problem
This year has brought many changes and challenges to the meeting planning industry. Many organizations are apprehensive about investing in events and meetings during the recession, and have canceled planned events due to bad press and public scrutiny. On February 4, 2009 the federal government announced guidelines for companies receiving bailout funding that requires having a policy on entertainment, events... »
Just When You Thought You Knew Enough to Survive…
It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you are on in the bailout issue: the fact is it will impact your life in one way or another. Just when you, as a meeting planner, though you understood most of what you needed to know to plan corporate travel, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner changed the playing field right under your... »
