SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

First job: Front desk/registration at JW Marriott Washington, D.C. What I love about my job: I love designing tools to help people collaborate at meetings. Every week I talk to smart people with extensive meeting-planning and facilitation experience who share their perspectives and insights. Heather Reid.

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2017 Contracts Negotiating Meetings 85

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

First job: Front desk/registration at JW Marriott Washington, D.C. What I love about my job: I love designing tools to help people collaborate at meetings. Every week I talk to smart people with extensive meeting-planning and facilitation experience who share their perspectives and insights. Heather Reid.

2017 75

2017 Contracts Negotiating Tech 75

SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

An experiential event strategist for an association for the past five years, she’s just become associate vice president overseeing events at Women in Cable Telecommunications, in Washington, D.C. Most meeting professionals are familiar with Certified Meeting Planner certification, which was launched in 1985 by Washington, D.C.-based

Education 105

Education Hospitality Telecommunications Negotiating 105

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

It was this moment where I realized that experiences in meetings can have an impact on attendees, and reshaped how I viewed my career. At some point, I would like to branch out in my career and experience what meeting planning is like in the private sector. Director of Registration Meeting Management Services Washington, D.C.,

2017 69

2017 Education Hospitality Meetings 69

SmartMeetings

APRIL 21, 2017

The center, which offers 250 meeting rooms comprising 265,000 sq. of event space, is celebrating Earth Day 2017 by encouraging meeting planners to go green. Located about 40 miles from Washington, D.C. , Planners should ask prospective meeting-site managers how water is provided.

Meetings 61

Meetings Sustainability Contracts 2017 61

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

Another big, ongoing story has been the transformation of the image that meeting professionals hold of themselves. Meeting planning, which used to be described as an ‘Old Boys’’ network, may soon be a ‘Young Women’s’ network. Are there reams of meeting resumes and contracts stacked on your desk?

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2012 Food and Beverage 2013 Hotels 56