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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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The Secrets of Successful Meetings
Being a successful meeting planner entails knowing the secrets to creating successful meetings. If you do not happen to know those secrets, then read on: Time – The time that meetings are held has a huge impact on energy levels. Early AM meetings, especially on Mondays, tend to be less productive than those scheduled prior to lunch. Meetings immediately after lunch,... »
Measuring Your Work Performance
It is essential for a meeting planner to measure the performance of their work. A meeting planner will want to ensure that they are meeting client's expectations, and one way to assess this is to determine if the purpose of the event was achieved. It will be vital to know not only if the event's purpose was achieve but also... »
Arranging Your Meeting Room for a Productive Planning Session
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 assist in creating an atmosphere... »
Keeping Conference Participants Connected to the World
It seems like every day some global crisis or another takes over the front page news. While it seems remote to the conference you’re managing, think again--if anyone at your conference is connect to that news, she may leave rooms and receptions to find an internet station or other source of broadcast. If it affects a lot of your attendees,... »
So…what do YOU do?
Being a meeting planner in the current economy and governmental intrusion into business can mean that you might feel ready to put up your photon shields before you answer this. Since photon shields don’t exist yet, you may have to come up with a new way of answering this question so that you don’t get the evil eye for saying... »