The Value of Experiential Group Activities, and How They’re Woven into the Fabric of Skamania Lodge
You have an annual meeting in which you aspire to connect team members working opposite ends of the country….
Anticipating the Unknowable: A Q&A with Dr. Larry Barton on Risk Mitigation Strategies
As a threat and risk consultant for more than 30 years who has worked with the U.S. Justice Department,…
Why Meeting Planning Technology Doesn’t Replace Meeting Planners
Tech is changing just about every industry – including how jobs are done, and whether a job is done…
Audience Response Software for Meetings
A skilled speaker can intuitively sense whether he or she has lost the crowd or has them on the…
Reasons Why This Third-Party Planner Prefers Independent Hotel Event Spaces
“Everything that I consider to be good about our industry has been basically destroyed over the past year,” says…
5 Reasons Virtual Meetings Can’t Replace Face-to-Face Meetings
Convenience is often cited as the winning factor in the virtual vs. face-to-face meetings debate, and there are no…
How “Convening” Drives Historic Results for Group Retreats at Wingspread
What do the National Endowment for the Arts, National Public Radio, the International Criminal Court, and the Presidential Climate…
7 Secrets for Effective Meeting Management
It’s meeting day. The room is full. The agenda is set. But will you make this time spent together…
The Secret Ingredients to Designing Inclusive F&B Experiences for Groups
Your agenda is set, the speaker is prepped, the presentation is cued up – but what some of your…
Looking Back and Ahead with Benchmark’s Burt and Alex Cabañas
A revered pioneer in the meetings industry (and founding board member of IACC), Burt Cabañas founded Benchmark in 1980…
