SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. First job: Server in a small German restaurant in Pennsylvania. In brain writing, your team writes down their ideas before a meeting instead of brainstorming out loud at a meeting. Best work trick I’ve learned: Always meet in person.

2017 84

2017 Contracts Negotiating Meetings 84

SmartMeetings

MARCH 14, 2017

Blizzard warnings are in effect for a large swath from eastern Pennsylvania to southern Maine. This storm will disrupt millions of lives, including meeting planners’. Although these contingencies can make negotiations a little more tricky, risk-averse planners may find that they are worth spending a little more time discussing.

Negotiating 44

Negotiating Transportation Travel Speakers 44

SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. First job: Server in a small German restaurant in Pennsylvania. In brain writing, your team writes down their ideas before a meeting instead of brainstorming out loud at a meeting. Best work trick I’ve learned: Always meet in person.

2017 74

2017 Contracts Negotiating Tech 74

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

In participating in the nominating process for our Best in Show awards program this year, DeBolt, director of meetings and events for PLM World, singled out Roberta Tisdul, CMP, senior convention services manager for Visit Indy, in our Convention Services/CVB category. Senior Event Manager, Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC), Philadelphia.

2017 76

2017 Trade Shows Insurance Food and Beverage 76

MeetingsNet

MAY 18, 2023

Upset that a Philadelphia property is hosting the far-right Moms for Liberty conference, three Pennsylvania legislators took up their concerns with the hotel’s GM. Here’s what happened and what meeting pros can learn from it. On April 20, three Democratic Pennsylvania legislators, State Sen. Nikil Saval and State Reps.

Risk Management 111

Risk Management Hotels Contracts Site Selections 111

PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2016

GILBERT National political conventions are the Super Bowl of meetings and conventions; it doesn’t get any bigger and better than this for a meetings and conventions destination. And then of course, the convention center — the convention center is going to be used for caucus meetings; it will also be used for staff and office space.

Site Selections 56

Site Selections 2014 2016 Hotels 56

PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

There’s continually a lot of give and take and continually a lot of negotiation. The first strategy meeting was with the city and the city leaders,” said Colette Jones, Destination Cleveland’s vice president of marketing. “I You’re dealing with a lot of hotels that are great partners, but they don’t have meeting space.”.

2016 40

2016 Social Media Hotels 2014 40