Archives for May 2014
Getting Started With Twitter
There are more than 200 million Twitter users. Will you be one of them?
The Very Gritty Road to Success
Grit — not intelligence or talent — is the best predictor of success.
4 Cool Things About a Brand-New Conference Hotel
A week or so ago, close to a year after getting the Don Draper treatment at the then-under-construction Marriott Marquis Washington, DC, I returned to the property — now completed and open for business — for a press tour.
A Very Short Guide to Brain-Friendly Meetings
John Medina's work on brain science has been popping up all over the place.
Minus Google+: What Will Happen to Google's Social Platform?
It would be fair to say that Google+ has been a continual source of hope and dashed hopes for the events community.
Field-Testing Marriott's Meetings Imagined
We kick the tires of Marriott International's comprehensive Meetings Imagined program.
Things Successful Meeting Planners Do Differently
If your immediate reaction to a book titled '9 Things Successful People Do Differently' — was, like mine — “Oh great, I was hoping to find yet another set of standards I can’t achieve,” relax.
New Strategies for Partnering With DMOs
Christine "Shimo" Shimasaki, CDME, CMP, a managing director at DMAI, offers expert insights into our article about how DMOs and local economic development agencies can better work in partnership.
6 Ways to Help Attendees Work a Room
How can professional planners create conferences, meetings, and events where everyone interacts, connects, and converses? This isn’t a new question.
Public Speaking Tips For Introverts
For my fellow shrinking violets (and other writerly types), these are a few things I've learned so far.
