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Monday, August 16th, 2010Fusion Productions collaborated with Meeting Professionals International (MPI) to produce the general sessions for the 2010 World Education Congress (WEC 2010). To demonstrate its “meeting of the future” design strategy, Fusion brought in a team of world-class partners and continued to co-create through the entire production process—before, during and after the WEC.
During a Monday morning [...]
Meetings that Changed the World
Monday, August 16th, 2010Anyone who has ever worked as a meeting professional can tell you about their favorite meetings and proudest moments onsite. When planners and suppliers begin swapping those war stories, they’re usually talking about meetings that changed the world.
When Fusion Productions and The Conference Publishers set out to gather testimonials in advance of MPI’s 2010 World [...]
SMMP: Finding the Best Fit for Your Organization
Thursday, July 29th, 2010“There’s no-cookie cutter process for an SMMP [Strategic Meetings Management Plan],” said Ross VanDooser, director of value analysis at StarCite, during a panel at MPI’s 2010 World Education Congress. “The idea is to examine your organization’s culture and pick out what will work best.”
“Before you can begin any SMMP program, you need to go back [...]
Out of Chaos: SMMP at Microsoft
Thursday, July 29th, 2010To move from “a state of chaos” and implement strategic event management at his organization, Jeff Singsaas, general manager of Microsoft Studios and global event marketing for Microsoft Corporation, said he focussed on building partnerships.
“We can’t do it all, and don’t want to do it all,” Singsaas said at a session Tuesday afternoon at MPI’s [...]
Green Meeting Standards Mark Industry Transformation
Thursday, July 29th, 2010After three years of rigorous debate and extensive input from more than 200 volunteers and pan-industry experts, a uniform set of green meetings standards is set for release before the end of this year.
A joint project of the Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) and the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), the APEX/ASTM Green Meeting and [...]
Building an SMMP: Partnership, Collaboration Needed on All Levels
Thursday, July 29th, 2010Collaboration is essential to implementing a Strategic Meetings Management Plan (SMMP), so “don’t try to do it yourself,” warned Carolyn Pund of Cisco Systems in a Tuesday morning session at MPI’s 2010 World Education Congress.
“Change occurs when people believe change is necessary,” Pund said. “If you can make a value proposition that’s strong enough, they [...]
Tread More Lightly on the Planet: Advice for Meeting Planners
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Planning a sustainable event is about doing more with less, said Andrew Walker, Toronto-based founder and managing director of Eco-Efficient Events, who led participants in an interactive Tuesday morning session at MPI’s 2010 World Education Congress.
Participants discussed strategies for reducing the carbon footprint of the meetings industry, which has a reputation for unsustainable practices. Walker [...]
Action Against Carbon Emissions will Raise Travel Costs
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010The end of cheap oil could affect the meetings economy in a number of different ways, but panelists in a Tuesday morning breakout on peak oil agreed that the industry must adapt to an era of volatile energy prices and drastic reductions in the carbon emissions that cause climate change.
Economists may debate whether oil prices [...]
Gutsche Shares Secrets of Irresistible Meetings
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010“You don’t need people to go to more meetings,” Trendhunter.com founder Jeremy Gutsche told participants in Tuesday morning’s general session at MPI’s 2010 World Education Congress. “You just need them to go to your meeting.”
Noting that “culture eats strategy for breakfast,” Gutsche gave participants a series of tips to make their meetings and events stand [...]
Venue Set-Up Can Limit Meeting Design Options
Monday, July 26th, 2010The influence of venue on a planner’s options on site is one of the hottest topics in meeting design, meeting designer John Nawn told a Monday evening session on the meeting of the future.
Too often, venues “define the kind of meetings we can have, as opposed to us designing the meeting we want and the [...]