Posh, private settings for VIP meetings
Small, luxurious, boutique hotels offer an ideal setting for a “boutique business meeting,” where attendees feel appreciated and pampered. Is a boutique hotel or inn right for your next off-site meeting?
Category: Meetings
How to site-inspect from a distance
Are you considering holding your next big business event at a resort? Aim to site-inspect as much as you can before you leave home, advises Amy Pfeiffer, managing sales director for the Walt Disney World Resort.
Rebounding from a peer’s verbal ‘blast’
It happens at meetings more often than it should: Co-workers bad-mouth one another’s work in front of the group. Nothing is quite as frustrating as being “cut off at the knees.”
Have them sitting pretty at meetings
Seating arrangements become the top priority when planning a successful off-site meeting. Here’s how to set up the room—no matter what the meeting’s size—to make sure attendees can see, hear and be heard.
Turn around an unproductive meeting
Turn around an unproductive meeting by saying, in a neutral voice, “I’m sorry, may I interrupt?”
How to reserve the best table
Snag the best table in the house when making a reservation on behalf of your boss.
Avoid feeling frustrated in a meeting
Avoid feeling frustrated in a meeting when no one introduces you to the group. Resolve to introduce yourself the next time it happens.
3 steps to a brilliant idea
Stirring up good ideas is only a whiteboard away. Use these steps to guide your next brainstorming session.
What to say when a workmate blows it
You know them well: the co-worker who spends way too much time talking on the phone, and the colleague who projects boredom in staff meetings. How can you possibly tell these people that they’re hurting themselves professionally—and should you try?
Meeting pros know
Learn how most professional planners schedule agendas for two- and three-day meetings …