Outsourcing/Independents

Who's Manning the Meeting

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:00:00 EDT

Choose the right person to oversee on-site logistics

Graphic Recording Draws Adherents

Sat, 01 Jul 2006 12:00:00 EDT

Initially, clients like the novelty of graphic recording, but once they actually experience it, they see the value of it, says Charles Alday, president, Alday Consulting Services, a Kennesaw, Ga. based performance consulting firm. Graphic recording is the interpretation, through words and images, of the ideas expressed at a meeting. You are literally trying to capture the big picture so it helps to

On the Road with Honda

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:00:00 EDT

When Honda Started talking to potential partners that could execute a roadshow for its new Fit vehicle, it wasn't looking for one company to create a strategy, another to handle logistics, a third to build the training curriculum and testing, and another to get its message online. The RFPs went to event management companies that could handle all that and more. David Heath, Torrance, Calif. based senior

Holistic Consulting from Amex

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:00:00 EDT

In May, American Express Business Travel announced a new Global Advisory Services unit that will work with companies to address their travel and meeting spend. Amex veteran Mike Streit, who has been named vice president of the new Global Advisory Services unit, said that while the company's Business Travel division has been consulting in the travel business for 25 years, the new venture takes a more

Independents' Issues

Thu, 01 Jun 2006 12:00:00 EDT

Dealing with procurement, identifying key decision-makers, determining the price of services, and promoting the business are the four biggest challenges facing independent meeting planners, according to a poll of attendees at the lively closed-door session attended exclusively by independent planners at the Second Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum. Moderated by Julie Hylton, director, industry