Outsourcing/Independents

Who's Manning the Meeting Tuesday, August 1, 2006 10:00 AM Like any good meeting planner, Loretta Lowe, CMP, can juggle many tasks at one time. But try as she might, she can't be in more than one place at a time. So when the San Francisco based independent meeting planner was called on to plan 45 pharmaceutical meetings throughout the United States, she needed to hire people to take over on-site. Enter the travel director a person hired specifically to oversee

Graphic Recording Draws Adherents Saturday, July 1, 2006 10:00 AM Initially, clients like the novelty of graphic recording, but once they actually experience it, they see the value of it, says Charles Alday, president, Alday Consulting Services, a Kennesaw, Ga. based performance consulting firm. Graphic recording is the interpretation, through words and images, of the ideas expressed at a meeting. You are literally trying to capture the big picture so it helps to

On the Road with Honda Thursday, June 1, 2006 10:00 AM When Honda Started talking to potential partners that could execute a roadshow for its new Fit vehicle, it wasn't looking for one company to create a strategy, another to handle logistics, a third to build the training curriculum and testing, and another to get its message online. The RFPs went to event management companies that could handle all that and more. David Heath, Torrance, Calif. based senior

Independents' Issues Thursday, June 1, 2006 10:00 AM Dealing with procurement, identifying key decision-makers, determining the price of services, and promoting the business are the four biggest challenges facing independent meeting planners, according to a poll of attendees at the lively closed-door session attended exclusively by independent planners at the Second Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum. Moderated by Julie Hylton, director, industry

Holistic Consulting from Amex Thursday, June 1, 2006 10:00 AM In May, American Express Business Travel announced a new Global Advisory Services unit that will work with companies to address their travel and meeting spend. Amex veteran Mike Streit, who has been named vice president of the new Global Advisory Services unit, said that while the company's Business Travel division has been consulting in the travel business for 25 years, the new venture takes a more