Planning and operations

The media sensationalized a story about the $16 muffins that a government agency allegedly paid at a conference in a Hilton hotel. It wasn't true, but truth lies elsewhere. The economy depends on meetings. Without them, there would be no economy all together.

Prepare your event. Prepare contingencies for potential and unknown problems. Then prepare yourself to deal with the stress that comes with event planning. If you lose your professionalism on the job, the event may not succeed. So prepare yourself to relax too.

Practice does make it perfect. Sometimes, however, over-rehearsing your presentation kills the very sincerity of the message. Know when to stop & go with the flow.

If you don't know where to start planning a fundraising event, this short guide for beginners will give you solid foundation to start with. Take these tips and build upon them, don't limit yourself but explore all possibilities to maximize your success.

If you need to plan a wedding budget but don't know where to start, here's a detailed checklist to get you going and have a budget in place to follow. A wedding budget is a key to a successful wedding that delivers lifetime memories and a truckload of savings.

The numbers are in. The meetings industry has a tremendous impact on the U.S. economy. The coalition of 14 leading meetings industry membership organizations joined forces to figure out the real impact of face-to-face meetings on the economy.

We perceive speakers as teachers. But what if we perceived them as storytellers that rivet us? That's the type of speaker you need to be if you want to be a successful public speaker.

Everyone knows weddings are expensive, but very few people actually know the true cost of a wedding knot. The infographic breaks down the cost of a wedding into various expenses, giving you a clear picture of what drives the price way up into the clouds.

What happens when a catastrophic happening, manmade or via nature, strikes your event? And how do you plan to handle it? Follow these guidelines to create a simple yet effective crisis plan to make sure your planning and client's money does not go to waste.

If anything can go wrong, it will. Audio is one of the most important parts of any presentation, without audio it wouldn't be a good presentation. We communicate by speech, and when your audio setup doesn't work as planned, you need to be prepared.