
Wednesday,July 1st, 2009
By David Gauthreaux, Freeman
How many times have you read or watched news shows about the economy in the last several months? If you Google economic conditions in the United States you will get more than 37 million hits.
The reason I talk about this is that the Exhibition Industry is not immune to the economic restraints we [...]

Monday,June 29th, 2009
By Karen Watson, CMP
Ever wanted to go back to high school? (Or absolutely not?) Well, we did exactly that with our staff EnVision conference earlier this year. Because our content was focused on getting back to the basics of our own products and services we decided to take our staff “back to school”.
We worked hard to [...]

Wednesday,June 17th, 2009
By Mike Smith, CMP
This February I had the pleasure of attending my second Green Meeting Industry Council (GMIC) – Greening the Hospitality Industry Conference in Pittsburgh where the theme was Action = Sustainability. During the conference, leaders of the GMIC issued a challenge to the event and hospitality industry to take action by diverting, recycling and [...]

Tuesday,June 16th, 2009
By Amanda Wyatt
In these trying times, as groups closely examine their meeting budgets and analyze every dollar spent, many planners are weighing the value of in-person meetings. When each expenditure must be examined and pre-approved, it can be difficult to quantify the benefits of in-person meetings versus web-based meetings.
With all of the technology available for [...]

Monday,June 8th, 2009
By Bill Reed
A colleague was recently telling me that she hates going to events where she will be in a room full of people and not know anyone, and I am just the opposite. I LOVE that environment in contrast to her feelings. She is quite the networker, yet she is more comfortable in an [...]