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		<title>Meeting Planners Need to Wear Multiple Hats</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With more companies than ever using meeting planners, it would seem like meeting planners might be immune to the need to wear multiple hats. Sadly, that is not the case and for a very interesting reason: as more companies employ meeting planners, more companies are in need of individuals with flexible skill sets. If you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Organizational Tools for Meeting Planners</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a successful meeting planner requires organization, and not in small amounts. Staying organized is important for anyone hoping to make a successful career out of meeting planning, and that will generally mean investing in the right tools for the job. In some cases, these investments can be covered by the company or companies one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Return of Incentive Travel</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the economic downturn, incentive travel experienced a bit of a hiatus. As companies and organizations feared appearing &#8220;frivolous,&#8221; many shunned the idea of cruise events or other types of corporate travel and meeting planning. At the present time, companies are once again venturing into the group incentive travel realm. Meeting planning is rebounding and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative Ideas For Improving Meetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meeting planning is something that can quickly become routine if it is allowed to. Instead of giving in to repetition, try something new. Here are a few tips to spice meetings up:
Change the time &#8211; Ask the relevant parties if meetings can be done at different times. This is often the single easiest way to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excellent Cruise Planners Know 3 Things…</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The difference between good cruise meetings and excellent cruise meetings is usually the result of proper cruise event/meeting planning. That might sound obvious, but there are three secrets that excellent cruise planners know that separate them from the competition:
1. Work hard and play hard &#8211; It is a simple fact that while cruises are about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charity Begins at Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arranging Your Meeting Room for a Productive Planning Session</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corporate meetings that include planning or brainstorming sessions need to be productive, need to stay on task and need to be in an environment that promotes clear, easy communication. The person conducting the meeting will be in charge of keeping the participants on task and moving them towards their goals, but the meeting planner can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Keep Those Snoring Sounds Out Of Your Business Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who are new to meeting planning will often make the mistake of setting the meeting room up like a classroom. They assume that the key personnel will want to give the meeting participants important information to consider about a project. The difference between a business meeting structure and a classroom set-up is that everybody [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planning A Meeting: Should Large People Pay More On Airplanes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, there has been lots of talk in the news about charging large-size people more money on airplanes for their seats. The heated comments on the Internet are all over the scale as upset people are discussing their opinions about this subject on the chat boards. Is this something that the meeting planning industry needs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Build a Customer Focused Meeting Planning Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can have the best service, the plushest offices, the best location, but unless you are a &#8216;customer focused&#8217; meeting planning business, all of this counts for nothing, you will never really hit the heights you deserve. 
	So what can you do to build a business which focuses outwardly on the customer, and not inwardly [...]]]></description>
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