As a part time fitness professional I have a vested interest in the scientific evidence of the benefits of a daily physical activity, and am confident that adding a fitness component to your association meetings and conferences will create a positive response. If you look at people’s wrists, you [...]
Lately I have been having casual conversations with friends and contacts about situations we have all gone through when we’ve changed positions within our workplaces. I’ve heard stories of absolute chaos, confusion and many triumphs. The purpose of this article is to help prepare you for a smooth transition. [...]
Sometimes venue sales people do not understand the challenges of a tight flip caused by back-to-back events in their venues. A recent issue I experienced was finding out from a venue that they had sold our space for an unrelated event that was occurring IN BETWEEN our event programing. [...]
When working with committees or clients for national associations from various time zones, communication tends to be done through email. Have you ever worked with someone who communicated with you about the event solely by cc’ing you on emails? And this person then assumed you knew everything that was [...]
When planning an event, it is crucial to have your final program or event agenda determined early. A tough challenge in event planning is building a program that will satisfy the needs of all those in attendance and then sticking to it. You have to consider many key factors [...]
There are many urgent items that need to be completed in order to wrap up an event and it is important that you do not forget to acknowledge those who helped make the event a reality. Thank you letters should be sent to sponsors and exhibitors shortly after the [...]
Have you ever been in the situation where the funding you requested to host an event comes in at the final hour? Now what? How do you execute the planning of an event without sufficient advance notice? You know that your association would benefit significantly by creating an opportunity [...]
An event may last only a few days, but the planning process can begin years in advance. Many annual conferences begin their planning two or more years before the event date. For national conferences which move from city to city each year, the event planner and the event chair [...]
