The Cost of Doing Business

A friend of mine hosts a community conversation for Certified Meeting Professionals (thank you Joanne Dennison, CMP1). Recently a question came up related to how much hotel, air, and meeting costs have increased over the past five years. Someone was asking what is contributing to these increases and how do planners explain the rise inContinue reading “The Cost of Doing Business”

Are Funerals Events?

It may feel awkward to talk about a funeral in the context of an event but I think they qualify. Funeral home staff do an amazing job of pulling together events of varying sizes with very little notice every day. Depending on your faith, once a loved one passes, the activities to plan could includeContinue reading “Are Funerals Events?”

Calling All Sessions!

Different professions tend to call their event sessions by different titles even though they’re all talking about the same thing. A client and I were having a conversation recently with another planner and she continued to use an alternative word for “main session” that I was familiar with but others in the meeting were not.Continue reading “Calling All Sessions!”