Posted in Meeting Planning, Onsite, Organizing, tagged Event, event planning, Gather, management, meeting, Onsite, planning, shipment, shipping on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s the last Thursday in May, and to end my series of onsite nuggets, I’m writing about packing up your meetings for the return trip.
When you’re shipping items back to the office, do you take the time to organize your shipment as well as you do when you’re sending it to show site? You should! [...]
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Posted in Event Marketing, Meeting Planning, Venues, tagged aaa, Event, event planning, Gather, hotel, Housing, meeting, mobil, planning, rating, travel, venue on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
When you go on vacation, do you check the hotel website to see whether or not they have a pool? Or, find out if they received three diamonds or four stars?
If so, you know how important those things are when making a hotel selection. Do your attendees a favor, and include some detail on the [...]
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Posted in Meeting Planning, Tools, tagged Event, event planning, Gather, gratitude, gratuity, meeting, planning, stationery, thank you, thanks on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Gratitude can be expressed in many ways. In the moment, most folks tend to whip off a quick “thanks” as they toodle on their merry way.
Chicago print shop, Greer Chicago, has come up with a delightful idea to take that “thanks” and make it a little more meaningful. They’ve designed thank you cards, called “Civilettes“, that you don’t [...]
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Posted in Meeting Planning, tagged air travel, airlines, american airlines, Event, event planning, Gather, meeting, planning, travel on May 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
American Airlines announced today that they’re going to institute a $15 fee for the FIRST bag checked on any flight. Other airlines have incorporated second bag fees, but American is the first major US airline to charge for all checked bags.
The fee goes into effect beginning with flights departing on June 15. Passengers already holding [...]
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Lara McCullough, author of the ready 2 spark blog, had some insightful thoughts to share after reading my “magic words” post. I especially connected with her point about not falling into the “one size fits all” trap. We deal with this when planning meetings and events all the time. Her points on marketing are very good and [...]
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Are there magic words in marketing? Perhaps. Abracadabra! No? Fine, then. Moving on.
There are scores of articles on the web dedicated to trying to convince us that there are 12 or 13 (or 100) magic words that will instantly make your message more desirable than it would be without these words.
I initially got excited about a [...]
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Meetings and conventions aren’t ALL about attendees and exhibitors, from a planner’s point of view. We also have to consider the staff that work our events.
Recently, someone asked the MiForum group how they could explain to their staff that being required to eat dinner in their hotel room for 9 straight days is actually a [...]
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Posted in Event Marketing, Exhibits, Meeting Planning, Tools, tagged Event, event planning, exhibit, exhibitor, Gather, IAEE, meeting, planning, sales on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is the question on every exhibit manager’s mind when they are deciding whether or not to exhibit at your event. Or, more specifically, they’re asking: Are your attendees interested in my products? How many of them are interested?
And if the answers are “yes” and “enough of them”, then an educated exhibitor will typically decide to [...]
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Posted in Green, Meeting Planning, tagged environment, Event, event management, event planning, freight, Gather, logistics, meeting, planning on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m always looking for different ways to “go green” with our meetings. Something I hadn’t considered until reading this article by Hunter Slaton of Meetings & Conventions Magazine is that even the method of delivering shipments to your event has an environmental impact.
Luckily, there are a couple of freight companies offering carbon-offset options. I’ll certainly be [...]
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Posted in Meeting Planning, Onsite, tagged anger, Event, event management, event planning, Gather, meeting, planning, tips on May 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I find that tempers tend to flare onsite much easier than they do at the office. Some folks don’t handle “onsite” as well as others. I don’t typically lose my cool, but I have help. I’ve done research on ways to manage anger, and how to diffuse tense situations (in some cases, taking tips from [...]
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