It’s Back to the Future for Corporate Meetings Events
As the corporate world continues its journey back towards more traditional ways of gathering, an interesting trend has emerged in 2023 meetings and events …
5-Star Service … and 3 Exciting Resort Properties
It was a bit too warm and balmy to wear white gloves but, for all practical purposes, they did … 24 hours a day.
You Have a Great Story. Let’s Tell It Together
A FRIEND SHARED WITH ME HIS EXPERIENCE attending the musical “Buddy” at the Queen Anne Theatre in London’s West End. In two acts, the play tracks the rapid rise and sudden demise of 22-year-old music icon Buddy Holly who perished in a plane crash during a snowstorm along with J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and Ritchie Valens after a rockin’ event in Clear Lake, Iowa in 1959 …
Who Says the Impossible Isn’t Possible?
IN 2003, AT THE AGE OF 34, Tony Quan was at the top of his game.
Combining his creativity, keen understanding of social issues and urban culture, and possessing a multi-colored assortment of spray paints, Quan became a highly regarded graffiti artist in the gumbo of ethnicities that is East Los Angeles. And then …
The Ever-Evolving Dilemma: Who Really IS Your Audience?
If you’re like me, just when I’ve gotten the order of the named generations right [along with understanding their unique traits and characteristics], another generation comes along with
even more chatter about a “generational subset” that sits on the cusp of one gen and another. Confusion kicks back in.
For anyone who hosts, plans or attends corporate meetings and events, what does all this generational stuff mean? …
Hybrid Meetings & Events Remain A Very Viable Option
When hybrid meetings and events first became a thing a couple of years back, we all figured it was an interim “workaround” option during a global pandemic. Now, the value and practicality of hybrid programs is being reinforced by soaring U.S. inflation [9.1%, a 40-year high] and unprecedented challenges in commercial air travel due to a shortage of pilots and flight attendants, aviation fuel costs, etc. As a result, hybrid programs are still very, very much a thing and how you execute them is critical to your program’s success and your budget …
Corporate Meetings & Events: Is It Time To Go Bananas?
They not only hit home runs, their carefully choreographed dance routines are a home run with the crowd. They hurl fastballs as well as they hurl bananas into the stands. They turn double-plays as slickly as they turn the turnstiles. Who are they … ?
There’s Opportunity Within The Challenges We Face Today
For the better part of a century, the hapless British Cycling team may as well have been named the Chicago Cubs, Buffalo Bills, even the Bad News Bears. Then something happened …
We Need A ‘Rich Strike’ In The Meetings & Events Industry
Has there ever been a more appropriately named horse than Rich Strike who overcame 80-1 odds two weekends ago to win the 148th Kentucky Derby? Is it time for the meetings and events industry to experience its own “rich strike” …?
Inflation Isn’t Being Very Hospitable In The Hotel Industry
Two days ago, I came across an item in news-aggregator Axios entitled 1 Big Thing: Permanent Price Hike that put forth the not-so-encouraging premise that many pandemic-era price hikes are here to stay, as in forever. Same may be true of escalating costs and competition for space in the hotel industry …
Let’s Focus On The Issue Of Focus. [Yeah, Good Luck With That.]
We’re likely all familiar with the expression “driven to distraction”. I’d take that a few giant steps further and say we’re being escorted, ushered, chauffeured and valeted to distraction these days! …
Sometimes You Just Need To Walk Away…
Recently, my wife went to dinner with a friend at one of our favorite restaurants, one we’d been to many, many times over the past 7-8 years. When she got home, I asked her how it was and she replied …
CES 2022: 11 Cool New Gadgets For Your Work And Home
Have you gone online to check your cat’s activities lately, or made your own fresh batch of ice cream in two minutes or less? The Consumer Electronics Show [CES] is back with all its New World innovation and crazy gadgetry …
Mom: “You Never Think, In A Million Years, It Will Be You.”
An aspiring performer, Daniel was down on his luck, angered at his fate, and barely surviving on a paycheck-to-paycheck basis [we’ve all been there at one time or another]. To make matters more difficult, Daniel’s first child was about to be born and he knew there would be over-and-above expenses that would stretch him further …
We’re Experiencing A Seismic Shift … And That’s Good News!
The more things change, the more they stay the same, right? Yeah, well, scratch that. It occurs to me now, the more things change, the more they change and that’s OK by me. And here’s why …
10 Fun, New “Spins” To Old Holiday Traditions This Year!
When was the last time you went bobbin’ for apples? Or “over the river and through the woods”? Or made a snow angel? Yeah, me neither. Maybe it’s time to mix it up a bit as the 2021 holiday season begins. Here are 10 ways to re-energize old traditions or begin all-new ones without spending a lot…
There’s Always A ‘Work-Around’. You Can Move Forward!
Yes, no, maybe. Hurry up, slow down. Ready … set … wait! To meet or not to meet, that’s the daily conundrum facing event planners and their clients. So, how do you cut through the fuzziness of it all and make the big decision?
Inclusion And Empathy Go A Long Way Towards A Better World
I’m willing to bet the name Chris Nikic is unknown to you. It certainly was to me. But a few weeks back, the name rippled across the worldwide spectrum of sport when …
Post-Covid Meetings & Events: Some Things Old, Some Things New
As we reclaim our freedoms and get back to in-person gatherings, this summer might be an excellent time to assess what post-pandemic meetings and events will look like. A lot will remain the same but there will be noticeable changes …
8 Things To Expect When Your Company Resumes Its Meetings And Events
As we rolled through Memorial Day Weekend and the unofficial arrival of summer 10 days ago, there were countless media reports of bustling airports, crowded beaches and long lines at restaurants, bars and amusement parks. Our country, apparently, is getting back to its behavioral conventions.
5 Exceptional Ways To Soothe Your Soul
Is there anything more satisfying and refreshing than a unique and perfect getaway, a great meal, a spirit-boosting motivational message, or being a parent to the world’s greatest kids? Here are five exceptional ways to soothe your soul …
You’ve Decided To Host A Hybrid Meeting … What’s Next?
After a year of pandemic-forced hibernation, you’ve made the big decision: You’re going to host a hybrid meeting. Fantastic! But what does that even mean …? Each day, we hear of more and more organizations deciding now is the time for re-entry into the live-event
Be Bold! You’ll Either Get What You Want Or What Was Meant To Be
A few weeks back, a friend texted me early on a Sunday morning. He’d been watching a handful of TEDx Buckhead talks and came across one delivered by Jennifer Cohen entitled The Secret to Getting Anything You Want in Life. The timing was amazing …
Hope On The Horizon For Meetings And Events!
I was chatting with a client the other day and casually mentioned we were producing a 100% face-to-face meeting for another client this coming June. It was obvious by her facial expression and tone this was a genuine surprise …
CES 2021: Online And On-Target In A Pandemic World
Ordinarily, early January each year brings with it a level of anticipation and hype around the Consumer Electronics Show [CES] that’s rivaled only by the ramp-up to the NFL’s Super Bowl a few weeks later. This year, hype around CES seems to have stepped aside in favor of hope …
The Gift Of The Magi … And “Going Beyond The Pale”
With only 15 days left on the countdown clock, I venture to say no New Year’s Eve has ever been more eagerly anticipated than the one soon to come. And while 2020 has certainly been a year stuffed full of awful, there have been some bright spots …
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I Willingly Traveled To Experience The Same Hurricane … Twice!
So, after exactly 255 masked-up, quarantined, sheltered-in-place, land-locked and locked-down 24-hour cycles, I received an invitation to take part in an industry event in Quintana Roo along México’s Riviera Maya. After eight months, finally, the chance to travel!
Looking For A Great Read?
“So, what’s on Kenneth’s bookshelf?” Here are four books I believe you’ll find fascinating …