Category Archives: Meeting Design

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  Meeting Objectives – Roadmap for Success

  Posted on October 10, 2014 by Carolyn in Meeting Design.

  Imagine if you will, the following call from your boss or client:  “We need you to plan a 2-day meeting for our largest customers in April.”  Armed with that information, you immediately start sourcing venues, planning menus and researching activities – right? Hardly. This is barely enough information to begin. To do your job more […]

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  A Seated Perspective on Inclusive Meetings

  Posted on September 12, 2014 by Carolyn in Meeting Design.

  No, this isn’t another article about getting “that” seat at the table, rather about my recent eye-opening (and arm tiring) 5 hour experience as part of a conference session entitled “Inclusive Hospitality.” In the pre-session, volunteers could choose a variety of ways to experience the conference – my choice was a wheelchair. My first challenge was […]

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  That’s What It’s All About!

  Posted on June 26, 2014 by Carolyn in Meeting Design, Networking.

  I saw a post on Facebook the other day about The Hokey Pokey (I’ll pause while you start dancing!). While it did recall images of silly Hokey Pokey sessions in elementary school and at kids’ parties, the last line of each chorus “and that’s what it’s all about” drew me back to meetings.  What is […]

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  Meetings in 2020 – a Student Perspective

  Posted on May 6, 2014 by Carolyn in Meeting Design.

  Recently I got to participate in the end of semester presentations for the Meeting & Event Management class at UMass Amherst.  Each group gave a short presentation on their project – to reimagine a current industry conference for the year 2020, thinking about what they would change to try and attract a younger demographic (their generation).  It […]

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  If You Build It, Will They Come?

  Posted on February 3, 2014 by Carolyn in Meeting Design.

  (I’m getting tired of the snow and eagerly awaiting Spring Training – so please allow me to indulge in some baseball references.) “If you build it, he will come” seemed ridiculous and far-fetched in Field of Dreams (if you’ve never seen the movie – add it to your Netflix queue!) and it certainly is unrealistic […]

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  Involve All the Senses

  Posted on January 2, 2014 by Carolyn in Meeting Design.

  When a colleague first asked if I wanted to attend an information session about olive oil, I was hesitant as I expected a dry lecture.   After I got the official invite for an interactive cooking session, my ‘maybe’ turned quickly into a ‘yes’! The class was held at Rustico Cooking (a cooking loft in New […]

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