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Smart Meetings
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Koleen Roach, director of meetings and conference management at Securian Financial Group, led a panel of veteran explainers during Financial and Insurance Conference Professional ’s 2022 Annual Conference at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Read More : How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers.
SmartMeetings
AUGUST 8, 2022
How to creatively overcome post-pandemic staffing and supply shortages at medical meetings. Hotels are now less likely to negotiate rental fees and other typically negotiable line items. Hotels are not as flexible as in the past and can truly demand a higher spend for better space/rooms offerings.
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Connect Your Meetings
APRIL 29, 2019
How I got here: When our youngest went off to college, I was approached by the Baylor College of Medicine to manage medical meetings for various departments. After seven years, I left to start my own independent meeting planning company in 1986, which was rare at that time.
SmartMeetings
JULY 31, 2020
Many meeting planners are looking to someone else to tell them the right way to plan a successful and safe event. Desi Whitney is president and co-founder of Emergency Concierge International (ECI), an all-hazards emergency planning company for meetings. . Work with hotel or venue to define its guidelines. •
SmartMeetings
FEBRUARY 22, 2017
Company or organization: The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in Riverside, California; president of Casey’s Cupcakes. This personal investment outside of the hotel sparks creative ideas for guests and inspires ways to better connect with and take care of my staff. Kelly Roberts. Job title: Owner, vice chairman and chief operating officer.
PCMA Convene
NOVEMBER 8, 2017
Hotel sourcing and research. No meeting, destination, or even project is ever the same. I love how meeting planning involves finance, protocol, HR, international affairs, logistics, and other disciplines. Love working with hospitality people, and seeing a meeting go well. Medical meeting industry is challenging!
SmartMeetings
DECEMBER 5, 2016
Donna Hunt, CEO and managing director for HMS Meeting Services (left), and Yashema Mack. Hotels do it all the time. Between medical meetings and mega-computer trade shows, their collective experiences help a variety of businesses stage critical, and fun, events around the globe.
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