PowerPoint “postponed”
Sitting around the campfire on a cold Gondwanaland winter’s evening, what did ancient man do to convey information to his... Read More
Browsing Voice
Room to move
A couple of thousand years ago, a Greek mathematician named Euclid refined the basic ideas of geometry. Although many of... Read More
Q: What makes an effective Convention and Visitors Bureau? (Part Two)
“One of the key contributing factors to making an effective convention and visitors bureau (CVB) is proactive and innovative marketing... Read More
Q: What makes an effective Convention and Visitors Bureau? (Part One)
“With 27 years in the convention, events and business tourism industries, I have been asked this question many times. It... Read More
Q: Do ethics play a role in the business events industry? (Part one)
“For every complex problem, there is a simple solution that is wrong,” warned the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. In... Read More
Music and the corporate world
Music plays a central role in the most intimate and personal rituals of human life from the cradle to the... Read More
Earth-friendly events
Positioning green initiatives as an integral component of an organisation’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy can add a highly demonstrable... Read More
Q: Do ethics play a role in the business events industry? (Part two)
Unquestionably, ethics play a role in the business events industry, both in what we expect from our clients and the... Read More
The real value of strategic meetings management
Many Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) programmes concentrate on better buying and spending less. Implementing an SMM initiative can, and should,... Read More
Maritz research
UNITED STATES Integrating technology is the number one top-of-mind concern of more than 1,612 meeting planners, designers, venue operators and other... Read More