Successful conferences rely on speakers delivering content that is relevant to the conference theme. The conference committee and/or board of directors works very hard to determine the theme that will attract and be meaningful to conference attendees. The program committee is then tasked with coming up with speakers that [...]

A survey by Media Technology Monitor reports that one in three Anglophone Canadians use social media every day, with 63% of these users stating that they read Facebook posts, tweets and/or LinkedIn updates every single day. Another study shows that American adult use of social media just slightly surpasses [...]

Some convention hotels (and even convention centres) use the offer of “free” Internet access as a way to attract conferences and signature events, but this is not the norm. As a result we make it a standard practice to ask for guest room rates that include in-room Internet access. [...]

In 2010, more than 13.3 million people, or 47% of the population, volunteered their time through a group or organization*. This might seem like a big pool of potential volunteers for your conference but we all know there is plenty of competition for the good ones. Loyal volunteers will [...]

A decision has been made to host a conference or an event; what do you do and when? You’ve been asked to help organize your association or charities’ upcoming event and the easiest way to keep track of all that needs to be done is to create a timeline. [...]

It goes without saying that you always want the best value when you negotiate a hotel contract for your signature event or conference - but too often the guest room rate and meeting space rental cost are the only items evaluated. When hotels are competing for our business, and [...]

Congratulations! You have reached the end of planning your event and are ready to put together your delegate conference evaluation. Asking the right questions and gathering useful, useable information can be a challenge, but when done correctly the information that you gather can put you steps ahead in planning [...]

Event planning has an almost “chicken and egg” conundrum. It has to do with budget planning vs program layout vs registration. Each of these components touch and influence one another during the planning period. And if you try, you’ll see you can’t determine registration fees before determining budget, but [...]