Processes & Procedures
Issue: June / July 2024

Using the Rules of Parliamentary Procedure to Improve Everyday Meetings

By - May 25, 2024

Parliamentary procedure, based on Robert’s Rules of Order, can help to improve your organisation’s meetings, explain Elizabeth Jordan and Larry Lyons
Health & Wellbeing
Issue: June / July 2024

Beyond the Screen: Smart Strategies to Combat Virtual Meeting Fatigue

By - May 25, 2024

Identifying the signs of virtual meeting fatigue in ourselves can be as critical as understanding its causes, explains Joan Burge
Career Development
Issue: August / September 2023

Arrive Early? Yes!

By - July 25, 2023

One of the easiest career-building habits to practice is to consistently arrive early, explains Marsha Egan
Processes & Procedures
Issue: June / July 2022

Chair Excellent Meetings

By - May 25, 2022

Learn how to become an accomplished meeting choreographer with Heather Baker’s top tips
speedreading for meetings: rocket taking off from pile of books
Career Development
Issue: June / July 2021

Speedreading for Meetings

By - May 25, 2021

Joanna Gutmann shares the different speedreading techniques that can help you work through meeting papers more quickly
Events Excellence
Issue: May / June 2019

7 Strategies to Successfully Plan a Large-Scale Meeting

By - May 24, 2019

Feel confident in handling a large-scale meeting with Marie Herman’s guidance
Events Excellence
Issue: July / August 2018

Changes that may become Major Trends for Meetings and Events

By - July 25, 2018

Significant changes are anticipated in the next five years says Rohit Talwar
Technology
Issue: November / December 2017

Best Kept Secrets of Seamless Remote Conferencing

By - November 25, 2017

Corinne Hoisington shows us the new tricks of the trade for conducting a seamless virtual meeting
Productivity
Issue: July / August 2017

Ground Rules to Make Meetings More Productive

By - July 27, 2017

It takes discipline from everyone to ensure the rules are clear and followed, explains Rhonda Scharf
Project Management
Issue: May / June 2014

How Effective are Your Meetings?

By - May 25, 2014

Meetings are an expensive use of resources. Use Richard Arnott's top tips to make your meetings more effective
Project Management
Issue: January / February 2014

Meetings: A Little Trend Spotting

By - January 25, 2014

After a turbulent few years for the meetings and events industry, there is now a sense the economy has largely turned a corner and the outlook is stable, according to the recently released 2014 American Express Meetings & Events Global Meetings Forecast. Our global research examines Meetings & Events trends, and provides predictions on a... Read more »
Communication
Issue: July / August 2013

The Art of Interrupting Meetings

By - July 23, 2013

The key is to get yourself in the room explains Adam Fidler The first rule is that there are no rules. But, in the absence of a “rule”, then try and agree with your boss what he finds acceptable and non-acceptable in terms of interrupting a meeting. I am often surprised at the number of... Read more »
Project Management
Issue: September / October 2012

Meetings Manners Matter

By - September 25, 2012

Keeping courtesy top of mind when you are planning an event can make all the difference.   Meetings represent such wonderful opportunities for the sharing of information, making of decisions, building of morale, and forming of ideas to name just a few. But they can equally be challenging, so here we show how an emphasis... Read more »