Over the last few years, what defines a successful presentation has changed.

Here’s how five cities and associations make balancing business and family easy.

Where planners have found a great match for their association’s meetings and conventions.

Green and socially responsible meetings show that the association cares — a key to attracting millennial members.

New tech tools and floor strategies to create a more personalized and interactive experience.

The pressure is on planners to show why theirs is THE meeting to attend over others.

Meeting planners are charged with staying on budget while providing ever more creative themes and menus.

“Meeting planners are high performers — we put a lot of pressure on ourselves, but that’s our nature.”

Cities where planners can leverage less obvious costs to meet their bottom line.

Social and political issues can cause meeting planners to avoid certain cities and states, and hotels.