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Business Meeting Incentives
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- Not Enough Hours in the Day?What Meeting Planner hasn’t wished for just a couple more hours in the day to get more work done? With all the details and planning involved in orchestrating a successful corporate event, its no wonder sleep falls to the bottom of the totem pole in so many cases. The thinking is always, “I’ll get some rest after […]
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Meeting Incentives That Give Back
Meeting incentives are generally designed to motivate participants to perform in certain ways. For example, a weekly sales meeting where the only shaded parking spot in the entire lot is given to the salesperson with the greatest sales could be considered a great incentive. Unfortunately, companies spend less time thinking of creative ways of tapping their meeting-powered resources. After all,... »
Cost Effective Catering Alternatives
It is no mystery that budgets are getting tighter and departments are being forced to do more with less. The question for meeting planners is: how can events or meetings be streamlined? One option is to lose the catering staff. If that thought seems particularly dangerous or impractical, consider the following ideas: Take catering in house - Many restaurants offer catering... »
Mark On Call –iPhone App for Meeting Planners
Mark On Call (MOC)is a custom floor planning application for the iPhone. It’s easy to use and gives the meeting planner, wedding planner, or event coordinator the ability to create, optimize, or change a floor plan on the fly. A presets palette is available for the application giving the user different options for different stone, color, or wood patterns. It’s... »
Charity Begins at Home
It is a given fact: the economy is not in good shape. Meeting planning has become more and more difficult in terms of budget and public opinion. The winter weather kicked many cities in the urban behind and sent corporate morale a bit further into the dumps. It is time to rebuild team spirit and sometimes that is best done... »
How To Get the Most Out of Your Keynote Speaker
In a perfect world, you would have an unlimited budget to hire top speakers for your next meeting or convention. Since it's not, here are some tips on getting the most for your meeting dollar. Maximize the contribution of a few top people, using three of them in three different ways. Three speakers used three ways equals nine slots filled.... »
Managing Your Events
Managing Your Events - Once You Know The " Why", The"How" will Present Itself Getting the right information to make your event great is not always easy. You will want to be informed so that you can do everything that you need to so that you are in control of the event and so that it can be a great... »
How To Create Events That People Talk About!
When you are trying to create a great event that people will remember, you will want to put a lot of hard work into it. You have to be willing to use your creative side to make this something that will keep people talking for a long time to come. There are so many different things that you can... »