by Mary Windham | Oct 30, 2019 | Guest Bloggers, Independent Meeting Planners, Meeting Planning, On-Site Management, Small Business, Virtual Meetings
Event Managers must rely on a great team to successfully execute their events, sometimes across time zones and countries. Moreover, client expenses can often be reduced by hiring local staff and third-party vendors. Yet these scattered teams only succeed if the leader...
by Eva Keidel | Oct 18, 2019 | Guest Bloggers, Independent Meeting Planners, Meeting Planning, On-Site Management, Small Business
Meetings and events are designed, launched and attended worldwide and the Events Industry Council claims that in 2017, events generated more than $1.07 trillion and drew 1.5 billion participants which based on a study completed in 2018. Now whether you are a Strategic...
by Cara O'Neill | Sep 18, 2019 | Guest Bloggers, Independent Meeting Planners, Meeting Planning, On-Site Management, Small Business
In recent months, our team has been well entrenched in learning more about the Certified Meeting Professionals within our network and gaining perspective into their roadmap with having earned the designation. It is our hope that by sharing some personal experiences,...
by Terry Matthews-Lombardo | Jun 6, 2019 | Guest Bloggers, Independent Meeting Planners, Meeting Planning, On-Site Management, Small Business
It was enacted in May 2018 but to this day there is still a whole lot of ‘head scratching’ going on over the GDPR. Why? For starters, because it is generally thought of as a European problem since it was a rule put into force by the European Union. But don’t be...
by Cara O'Neill | May 30, 2018 | Guest Bloggers, Independent Meeting Planners, Meeting Planning, On-Site Management, Small Business, Vendors
As a network of On-Site Meeting and Event Professionals, we strive to serve as an industry resource and share with you, ideas, strategies and topics that are relevant to you, your life and your career. If you haven’t visited our blog recently, we invite you to do so...
by Terry Matthews-Lombardo | Oct 13, 2017 | Guest Bloggers, On-Site Management
Professional event planners are used to showing up for work in hotels and convention centers, but as an industry veteran I’m here to tell you that I no longer raise an eyebrow when asked to show up at just about any venue that can host a meeting or event. A case in...