We’ve Almost Entirely Forgotten About Table Manners
10 Things From The Past We’ve Almost Entirely Forgotten About Table Manners In today’s day and age, folks treat the dinner table pretty casually. Sometimes meals aren’t even eaten at the table, instead being devoured on the couch or even eaten on the run in order to get from one meeting to the next. But sitting […]
20 Things Venues Say and What They Really Mean
20 Things Venues Say and What They Really Mean. Working with a variety of different venues can be an exciting part of your event planning career but what do venues really mean when they say some of these things? We know that event planners can drive venues crazy and venues can drive eventprofs equally up […]
Avoid These Biggest Production Mistakes Planners Make
Avoid These Biggest Production Mistakes Planners Make. The June 30 #Eventprofs Happy Hour, “Ask Me Anything About Event Production,” showcased more than just today’s hottest AV and production trends. Led by Adrian Segar, participant-led-conferences advocate, author, and facilitator extraordinaire, and featuring Brandt Krueger (owner, Event Technology Consulting), Christopher DeArmond (managing director, Freedom Event Services), and professional conference […]
How to Beat 3 of the Gnarliest Room Block Challenges
Today’s planner has to deal with housing poachers. They prey on exhibitors and attendees to get them to book in their block. Whether they actually have a block or not. And then there are the attendees who’d rather book their rooms through Priceline.com than your provider. These are among the many threats to room blocks today. […]
What’s Disrupting Medical Meetings?
What’s Disrupting Medical Meetings? Medical meetings are being disrupted more than any other sector we work with. While the profession is thriving, scientific meetings and healthcare professional conferences are not. In addition they are not performing nearly as well as they did five to ten years ago. Three of the main factors contributing to declines […]
10 Terrific Themes for Corporate Events
10 Terrific Themes for Corporate Events by Anne Thornley-Brown Whether you’re planning business meetings, brainstorming sessions, galas, or team building, the right theme will set the tone for corporate events. Themes can also be instrumental in conveying complex information during presentations, conferences and training and development programs. 10 Terrific Themes for Corporate Events Finally use […]
7 Thrilling Team-Building Adventures
7 Thrilling Team-Building Adventures. Clutching a rockface while navigating a 300-foot walkway, leaning over the ledge of a tall building, and bungee jumping from a bridge 708 feet above the ground. These are among the pulse-pounding adventures available to visitors in locations around the world. Such exciting activities aren’t for everyone. But they can certainly provide a jolt […]
What It Takes to Go From Planning to the C-Suite
What It Takes to Go From Planning to the C-Suite If you were to peek in at an aspiring association CEO event, you’d probably expect to see more meeting professionals planning the program than participating in it. After all, a lot of association meeting planners talk about how they want that proverbial seat at the […]
6 Characteristics of a Successful Female Meeting Professional
6 Characteristics of a Successful Female Meeting Professional Today’s guest post is by meetings, travel, and hospitality consultant Pam Wynne, HMCC, CMM, CMP. Women have a hard enough time in the meetings industry—given the lingering gap in what women earn versus their male counterparts, and fewer strong women in leadership positions than there should be—without […]
Corporate Event Catering Scottsdale
Corporate Event Catering Scottsdale We are better then a catering company. Venues of North Scottsdale is better then a catering company! We are a culinary design studio. Therefore focused on producing experiential events and products never seen before for a clientele. We love our talented chefs, artists, creative craftsmen and cutting-edge event producers. Our team brings […]
