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The metaphysics of meetings
The metaphysics of meetings

Listen to attendees. Their collective wisdom is greater than any one presenter. More

Do you know how powerful you are?

As meeting and event planners, you are incredibly powerful. But, to quote Stan Lee's Spider-Man, "With great power, comes great responsibility."  More

Put all events in focus — including nonprofits, NGOs
Put all events in focus — including nonprofits, NGOs

One of my favorite quotes from Harvey Mackay is, “If you don’t have a destination, you’ll never get there.” How true this is for our client’s events More

Sustainable Meetings Conference 2012: A whole lot of wonderful

The annual Sustainable Meetings Conference, organized by the Green Meeting Industry Council (GMIC), convened in Montreal this year on April 22-25. Read Part 1 of our report.  More

Five more reasons why meeting planning is like playing rugby, Part II

Although I hung up my rugby cleats long ago and am barely fit to play an Old Girls’ match, I still think fondly of the sport. Especially since I find many similarities between ruggers and meeting planners. So many, in fact, that there were too many to fit in one post (see Part I). Here [...] More

Four reasons why meeting planning is like playing rugby, Part I

About 10 years ago, I helped found a women’s rugby football club in New York City. For those first few years, as we struggled to build a strong team, we often felt like the Bad News Bears. Now, the Village Lions RFC Women’s Side features players who represent the United States in international play and [...] More

Tips on tipping

As I was working a wedding last weekend, the Director of Catering at the “wedding in a box” venue (Mike) and I got into an interesting conversation about tipping. To give you some background, this venue is pretty exclusive, so you need to have a healthy budget ($400 pp+) to hold your wedding at Mike’s facility. What surprised — no [...] More

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