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Recession-Proofing Your Job: Do You Know Your VORP?

Event Leadership Institute

While technically defined as two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth, a recession is more felt as the general malaise of a contracting economy: declines in business revenue and profit, decreases in spending, and pressure to cut costs and eliminate jobs. Are you viewed as a commodity or a business partner? 500 winning percentage.

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5 Things Planners Can Learn from the Presidential Inauguration

SmartMeetings

20, president-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office, and nearly one million Americans are expected to travel to Washington, DC, to either attend the inauguration or protest it. The president-elect’s own hotel, Trump International Hotel Washington DC, has long been fully booked. Have a backup plan for speakers and entertainment.