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- Six Guidelines to Consider When Designing Conference Education Sessions Rather than focusing on venue space, capacity charts and room layouts; the focus should be on the attendees and what set up will best facilitate their learning.
- Meeting Room Layouts Designed to Engage Attendees Too often planners are more concerned with accommodating the most people possible in a space instead of designing an environment that is conducive to meeting the goals and objectives of the event.
- How to Market the Program Five tips on how to boost participation
- Surprise: The Secret to More Memorable Meetings Depending upon your imagination, risk tolerance, and sense of adventure, meetings don’t have to be stuffy!
- Retreats Can Help a Law Firm and Its Lawyers Advance A law firm retreat can serve as a practical management tool to accomplish many purposes.
- Tips on Tipping Not sure who to tip and how much? The answers are all here!
- Industry Challenges and Solutions Despite talk of the recession being over, controlling event expenses remains a top concern.
- Chicken instead of Beef’: How the Meetings Industry is Adapting to Meet Economic Challenges The current economic crisis is forcing everyone in the meetings industry to get creative with strategic solutions to meet client needs, ease budget concerns and keep events from being canceled.
- Putting Relaxation Back into Firm Retreats: Loosening Up the Lawyer Mind Progressive law firms are making their annual retreats more engaging and productive through creative use of relaxation in a wide range of modalities
- Ten Rules of Law Firm Retreats Whether your next law firm retreat takes place at a tropical location or in the firm’s conference room, there are several things to keep in mind to make it productive, useful and fun. Here are ten “Rules” for law firm retreats.
- Virtual Meetings Glossary Although nothing can compare to the value and success of face to face meetings, virtual meetings are a part of the way business is conducted today. Here is a helpful guide to the most used virtual meetings terms.
- Planning With Short Lead Times Smart strategies for arranging meetings and events in a matter of weeks — or days!
- You Can Plan a Stress-free Golf Event Not a Golfer? Not a Problem - Eight Tips for Successful Golf Tournaments.
- Fun and Meetings Don’t Mix Fun has become a dirty word at meetings and incentives, but meeting professionals are finding innovative—and politically correct—ways for attendees to network and relax
- What Could Possibly go Wrong? Everyone makes mistakes. In the events industry, it’s how—and how quickly—you “fix it” that counts.
- Streamline Your Food & Beverage Budget with this Cost-Savings Checklist Think it’s possible to save thousands of dollars on your food and beverage budget? Here are some simple ways to save more than you ever thought possible.
- The ABCs of RFPs Here is a great checklist of what to include in your RFP (request for proposal) along with some handy tips on making the most of the follow up.
- Hotels React to Bad Economy with Great Deals With record low occupancies, hotels are negotiating everything. To reduce risk and future liability to planners, many hotels are now offering “attrition free” and minimized cancellation clauses to groups.
- The Argument for Humor at Law Firm Events Lawyers need to enjoy each other as people, not just as professionals. Fred Knipe disarms the most skeptical and leaves lawyers rocking with laughter.
- Four Tips for Fewer Travel Troubles Peter Greenberg, travel editor for NBC’s “The Today Show,” offers his four best tips for reducing air travel hassles.
- Ten Questions You Must Ask the Hotel before Your Firm Retreat Even the most seasoned planner may overlook small details that can wreak havoc on a Retreat. Here are ten that you may not have ever thought about!
- Retreats for Rapid Success There is more to conducting a successful Firm Retreat than reserving meeting space. Good planning means understanding why the firm wants the retreat, who should attend and many other considerations.
- Law Firms Can Advance with a Retreat Firm retreats create an excellent forum to discuss tough issues, change in the Firm’s direction, focus on a strategic plan and develop camaraderie.
- Setting Objectives Before You Select a Site Ten objectives to consider before deciding upon upon the type of hotel to host the Retreat.
- Top Ten Tips for Meeting Outside the U.S. Ten tips you won’t want to forget when meeting outside your home country.
- Leading Productive Meetings Five Practical Tips for Lawyers and Law Firm Administrators
- How To Spice Up Your (Company) Meeting Ten Tips for Planning and Success
- Make Partners Face Up to Each Other at a Firm Retreat The article discusses the many benefits of face to face communication at retreats while offering 10 Steps to a successful all-firm retreat
- Laughing With You Incorporating humor into the retreat experience and bringing its benefits back to the office can have a long lasting impact.
- 20 Ways To Cut a Better Deal 20 smart negotiating tips for planners. This article previously appeared in the May 2005 issue of Meetings and Conventions Magazine.
- Why Not A Cruise For Your Next Firm Retreat? Using a cruise ship as a destination for a Law Firm Retreat offers many benefits and exciting opportunities. Cruising is perceived as being very expensive however, the truth is that in many cases, cruising is actually less expensive than a hotel.
- Five Reasons Why Your Law Firm Needs a Retreat Firm Retreats can cost a lot of money and require an investment of everyone’s time. But it’s money well spent if you develop clear objectives and build the program accordingly.
- Strong Business Themes Getting creative and developing memorable themes can help to create a Firm Retreat that is eagerly anticipated, greatly enjoyed and long remembered.
- 10 Marketing Issues to Address at Your Next Retreat Ten ways to help open up lines of communication, uncover marketing ideas and new directions for the firm.
- Planning Your Next Firm Retreat Although it may sound like a relatively simple task, planning and executing a successful Firm Retreat is much more complicated than one might think — certainly requiring more time and effort than planning the firm’s holiday party!
- Planning Successful Law Firm Retreats A step by step guide to planning a successful retreat. The article previously appeared in the October 2006 issue of Law Practice today.
- The Law Firm Retreat: Ho-Hum or Yee-Haw? Tips on how to ensure your retreat gets the intended results. This article previously appeared in SA Lawyer Magazine 2005.
- Planning a Successful Law Firm Retreat A very informative article discussing all aspects of planning a Firm Retreat. This article previously appeared in the July 2004 issue of Report to Legal Management.
- Are We Having Fun Yet? Even with serious topics on the agenda, an injection of humor is always welcome! This article previously appeared in the July 2003 issue of Meetings and Conventions Magazine.
- Hiring Third Party Help A great article offering time-saving tips for the harried meeting planner. This article previously appeared in the May 2003 issue of Meetings and Conventions Magazine.
- Handling First Time Jitters Great tips to help neophyte planners keep their cool during a high-pressure event. Previously appeared in the April 2003 issue of Meetings and Conventions Magazine.
- Short Cuts: Festive Yet Frugal Tips on cutting costs. This article previously appeared in the November 2002 issue of Meetings and Conventions Magazine.
- Time-Saving Tips for Busy Meeting Planners Simple ways to spend your days wisely, get the job done right and still be home for dinner! This article previously appeared in the July 2002 issue of Meetings and Conventions Magazine.
- Evaluating The Meeting A helpful checklist to determine the success of a meeting. This article previously appeared in the August 2000 issue of Meetings and Conventions Magazine.
- Choosing The Right A/V Equipment Basic knowledge and clear communication help an event go more smoothly. This article previously appeared in the January 2000 issue of Meetings and Conventions Magazine.
- When Tragedy Strikes Strategies to plan for the unexpected! This article previously appeared in the December 1998 issue of Meetings and Conventions Magazine.
- Hotel Security This article discusses many important security issues. It previously appeared in the May 1998 issue of Meetings and Conventions Magazine.
- Inspecting the Back of the House Back of the house “secrets” can be very telling about how your Firm Retreat may turn out. This article previously appeared in the January 1998 issue of Meetings and Conventions Magazine.
