
Thursday,August 6th, 2009
By Karen Watson, CMP
“You’ve just finished your annual conference! What’s next?”
“I’m headed to Disneyland!”
Not kidding. One day’s break to do laundry and re-pack and I’m taking my 7-year old to San Diego and Disneyland before the school year starts up.
In the age of 24/7 access and the need to provide fresh content to a website or blog throughout [...]

Tuesday,August 4th, 2009
By Cara Beckerle
Before it got syndicated five times a week and made into the background of an Oscar-winning movie, I occasionally watched the game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?”
The saving grace for a contestant who is stumped is one of their “lifelines.” Millionaire gives people a 50/50 lifeline, where two answers out of [...]

Thursday,July 30th, 2009
By Cara Beckerle
My grandmother likes to joke that if she ever got separated from her daughters while shopping, all she had to do is listen for the loudest laughter and she would find them shortly thereafter. That’s the family I come from: full of fun, love and a lot of noise.
Family gatherings are always entertaining. [...]

Wednesday,July 29th, 2009
By Leslie Wulfemeyer-Gilfillan
Whatever the purpose of the meeting or event is face-to-face gatherings advocate good will, better morale, relationships and networking. It’s difficult to establish a bond or build unity going eye-to-eye with a computer screen.
The biggest challenge in the corporate meetings environment today is establishing the need first and foremost for the meeting. Is [...]

Monday,July 27th, 2009
By Nicole Buraglio, Hanley Wood Exhibitions
Historically, the typical trade show web site has been nothing more than an online brochure that’s updated a few months leading up to an event. For those industry professionals planning to attend, what purpose is there to revisiting the site? What new information has been posted that will be helpful to their businesses? [...]