Smart Meetings

Meeting professionals know in their gut that people get more out of F2F meetings, but how do we prove it to the decision makers in our companies? We asked a pair of brave entrepreneurs from new destination and event management company Ethos Event Collective for advice on delivering real-world results.

Do you feel unsettled working from home? Maybe not as productive as you should be? These simple fixes could help you work smarter.

When Mike Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International, looks in his stained-glass crystal ball, he sees meetings. What does that mean for planners long term? He brought out the charts and graphs and ran through the data.

Hand-picked gifts for attendees—and you. This month, we're featuring products that keep you safe, healthy and ready for the new year, including a techie measuring tape, protective seat coverings and oysters you can shuck.

“The winner during disruption is not the smartest or the strongest. The most adaptable wins,” journalist and author Thomas Friedman declared during the opening keynote at PCMA’s omnichannel Convening Leaders conference on Wednesday. A total of 3,500 people from 36 countries registered to watch the content online and as part of micro-communities and satellite gatherings.

We spoke with Ty Sheaks, attorney at McCathern, LLC, to find out what event contract considerations we need to include in 2021.

What will be different when we all crawl out from our home offices and venture back into the ballroom? Smart Meetings asked readers and others in the trenches for their vision of what they expect from the 12 months ahead. This is the countdown to the Great Meeting Restart.