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If yesterday’s tech info post tickled your fancy…
…here’s some extra help to get you started:
Watch this short video from MeetingsPodCast.com on how to use Flickr Video for your next meeting or event.
Check out these meeting technology must-haves to make your meetings relevant and appealing to 21st century meeting attendees:
Web 2.0 Tools
• Social networking sites: facilitate networking and disseminate peer-to-peer knowledge.
• Establish a wiki: feature links to conference information & to replay conference speakers, tips on getting more out of the event, conference pictures, and links to conference blogs Wikis allow attendees to post information - so content discussions and networking start before the conference.
PDAs
• Create, send and manage announcements for events and exhibit and speaker information can be downloaded to attendees’ PDAs
• Replace your conference binder with PDA based-information from providers like Near Space and VisionTree
• Use Vindigo City Guide to download information on restaurants, movies, shopping, ATM locations and more
These tips are courtesy of Sue Tinnish of SEAL Inc., a popular facilitator, speaker, teambuilder, and trainer. Sue Tinnish publishes a monthly newsletter, “Tips for Innovative Meetings and Events.” Check out more great tips at www.suetinnish.com.
Cool new feature for planners!
If you need to locate meeting planning services quickly, the new and improved Service Provider search on ConventionPlanit.com is what you’re missing…
Companies providing a wide variety of meeting services are located in easy-to-find categories.
In this area, you can submit an RFP for everything you’ll need to make sure no detail slips through the cracks…from General Service Contractors, to Audio Visual and even Lead Retrieval companies.
Go ahead…search away!
Here’s a fabulous & practical tip for your next overseas meeting: rent local cell phones to save time and energy!
Susan Rosen of In the Event… is the winner of our June Stellar Tip Contest for this tip:
“When traveling outside the US, we’ve found it imperative to rent a local cell phone to keep in contact with the DMC and hotel staff. For internal communications we use our walkie talkies, but hotels do not use them any longer & most hotel staff are using cell phones for communications.
If they are away from their desk a local cell works great! If your VIPs require a reservation it’s easy to just pick up your cell phone and to reach your DMC any time of the day or night — the least expensive option is a local cell phone. Most hotel boutiques rent them - in Aruba it was $10/day and it saved us lots of time & energy.
Our guests could find us no matter if we were at our desk or not… well worth the investment.”
For more great tips, visit the Stellar Tip Archive…you can even search by keyword to find the most relevant tips from your peers.
President of the World Marketing Group, Ltd., and ConventionPlanit.com member Jane Schuldt, CITE received the 2008 IMEX Academy Award for the Americas last month in Frankfurt…
…Congratulations!
The awards are designed to recognize the tremendous contributions given by unsung heroes to the meeting industry.
Jane has served as President of SITE (Society of Incentive and Travel Executives) and the SITE Foundation, and works tirelessly to develop younger members of the industry. She is an acclaimed global leader who has given even ConventionPlanit.com valuable advice!
Who is your unsung hero for the industry? What are their contributions?
Meeting planners, what are you doing June 11 - 12? If you answer is nothing, you should consider attending HSMAI’s Affordable Meetings West in Long Beach, CA…this is a trip your boss will surely want you to take.
The show is full of really great information just for you, like:
• 15 seminars and 5 in-depth workshops that focus on the latest advances and strategies of contemporary meeting planning
• A vibrant general session - Green Meetings With Less Stress: How to Save the Planet Without Losing Your Mind
• 2 networking luncheons
• 300-booth expo
Visit the Affordable Meetings West website to register - you can sign up for your information sessions and arrange all of your hotel travel here too!
Over 270 international planners attended IMEX’s annual Associaton Day yesterday in Frankfurt, Germany for professional education and debate.
Planners could exchange opinions and best practices from around global markets. Seminars included information about new meeting techniques, green meetings and integrating technology into meetings.
Association Day created an open forum for world-wide discussions.
IMEX is held annually - qualified planners can travel as hosted buyers through sponsors like ConventionPlanit.com and attend for free.
A slightly off-topic posting today about your safety…
Nalgene bottles (the hard, often colored plastic water bottles) are popular give-a-ways at many trade shows and meeting functions. If you use these, read on.
Products containing chemical BPA, including Nalgene water bottles and some baby bottles, are being removed from store shelves due to growing concern from the government’s National Toxicology Program. Check out the full story from the Wall Street Journal.
If you are a Nalgene user, here is some information about how to minimize BPA exposure from the Green Guide.
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