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The New Normal: 12 Meeting Takeaways & A Couple Predictions From An #Eventprofs View
I am just now returning to the office after managing my association’s 21st annual conference. After seven days in Scottsdale, AZ at a beautiful resort and 100 degree temperatures, I’m grateful to be home. In 15+ years of planning conferences and events, this was one of the most difficult I’ve ever managed. The convergence of the recession, ...
These Are A Few Of My Event Planning Things
As I oversee my association’s 21st annual conference and exhibition, I find myself entrenched in a world unfamiliar to the layperson. I call family and friends to check in and recap the day’s events. They think I’m speaking a foreign language with all the event professional jargon and share in my stress yet have no comprehension ...
Time To Rock The Vote For EventProfs
Recently, I discovered I was nominated for nominated for the 2009 EventProfs Blog Awards - Best Education Blog. EventProfs is an online community for meeting and event professionals and I am one of the volunteer moderators for the #eventprofs chats in Twitter. I am honored to be ...
Gear Up For Giving: Social Media Tutorial For Nonprofits
I'm knee-deep in meeting details right now. AV minutiae, BEOs, exhibitor specifics, food and beverage guarantees, special hotel requests, speaker spreadsheets, signage, tradeshow dilemmas. I admit it. The devil is in the details. Some event professionals love the details stuff. I don't but know that the details are the framework for an excellent and successful event. And, ...
