Future of Meetings
Meetings Women of Influence: The Rant and Our List
The story is spreading like wildfire this weekend: Successful Meetings publishes a list of top meetings industry influencers that includes 12 men, one insect, and no women. Industry icon and influencer Joan Eisenstodt responds with a call to action and a new Twitter hashtag, #boyzandbugs. Then our friends and strategic partners Elizabeth Henderson and Mariela [...]
#eventtable Chat With Doreen Ashton Wagner on Room Blocks Postponed Until March 26
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the March 19 #eventtable chat with guest Doreen Ashton Wagner has been postponed until March 26 at 3 pm et. Please join us next week to discuss: Is This the End of the Room Block? Log in to Tweet Chat and follow the #eventtable hashtag at 3 pm et March 26 [...]
How Social Media is Changing Humanity and Events
This weeks #eventtable chat featured guest Lynn Randall of Randall Insight’s, a company that helps planners apply the lessons of neuroscience and macroergonomics to supercharge engagement. Lynn helped us tackle the subject of how social media is changing humanity and how this is affecting events. The discussion was a lively one which ran the gamut [...]
Green Meetings
The New Event Sustainability Standards: Why They Matter
What are the new event sustainability standards and what do the mean for event professionals? We will address that question during the next #eventtable Twitter chat Monday, Feb. 27 at 3 pm est when our guest will be Andrew Walker of E3 Strategy. Andrew has been immersed in the world of event sustainability for some [...]
Four Tough Challenges that Make Sustainability Easier
Earlier this month, a colleague shook up my thinking about green meetings with an idea that could shift any organization’s sustainability program in a more practical direction. And here’s the twist: the surest way to simplify our industry’s approach to sustainability might be to sharpen our focus on the toughest sustainability issues we face. Thanks [...]
Remembering What Matters
Memo to Vancouver hockey rioters: Get a grip. Last night, the Boston Bruins broke millions of Canadians’ hardened hockey hearts with what really was a well-deserved win in the Stanley Cup final. The street riots in downtown Vancouver began within minutes, making headlines as far away as India and Australia and gaining prominent play on [...]
Building a Better Platform
Our son, Adrian, is a software developer, and frequently brings us his observations on the IT business. Sometimes, those observations hit closer to home. A conversation a few months ago had to do with a hardware manufacturer that may be nearing its sunset. It’s a company that once shone brightly, but is being overtaken by [...]
