Perspective

Joanne Brooks is president of a global full-service production company, Creative Impact Group. She brings more than 30 years of experience working with companies to stage, script and provide the talent supporting team-building exercises, theme parties, special events, trade-show booth activities, and corporate meetings and conventions. She is also a supplier of premium and incentive […]

Karen McGregor is a leadership and influence expert, international keynote speaker, and the best-selling author of several books, with her most recent being, “The Tao of Influence: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Leaders and Entrepreneurs.” As a speaker sharing the stage with Tony Robbins, John Gray, Deepak Chopra and others, McGregor knows how to support leaders […]

It’s a new day, and we must make every effort to bring our Best Selves to work…

From cutting-edge online payment solutions to smartphones as powerful as PCs and cloud-based work productivity tools that let your desktop travel wherever you go, technology now makes it possible to do business anytime, anywhere…

The need for work-life balance that incorporates wellness opportunities in all facets of their professional lives.

By summer of 2020, 42% of the U.S. workforce was working at home, according to a policy brief from the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR). And within many organizations, remote work is here to stay…

Diane Ambrogio is an event planner for Paragon Events, a full-service meetings and events, association management  and marketing firm. Specializing in incentive travel, Ambrogio has supported and organized client programs for unique, international destinations. Venturing to more than 30 countries, she and the Paragon Events team design incredible experiences to motivate, reward and sustain employee […]

  Carlin Putman has spent the majority of her entire 20+ year career with AIG.  She started in 2000 as a junior meeting professional and ultimately worked her way up to director of meetings and events, a role she held for 10 years. Putman also founded Page-One Meetings and Events LLC through which she focuses […]

Every meetings professional wants things to get back to normal as soon as possible. The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly painful for the meetings industry. However, is “back to normal” going to be possible? Or do we have to embrace that we must accept a “new normal” in the industry?

Surprise! As surveys of hundreds of the world’s most innovative companies show, having more time, money or manpower isn’t the secret to getting ahead in business, or creating competitive advantage…