by Lori Gershaw | Aug 15, 2022 | Independent Meeting Planners, Meeting Planning, On-Site Management
The pandemic changed a lot of things in the event industry, not the least of which was on-site event staffing. While Meeting Planners are working harder to adjust to all the changes, securing Onsite Professionals for their events seems to have taken a back seat. I’m...
by Lori Gershaw | May 21, 2015 | Small Business
I was recently given the honor of speaking at the African Women’s Entrepreneurship Program at the U.S. Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda. AWEP is a U.S. Department of State initiative started in 2010 to help support women entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa. In front of an...
by Lori Gershaw | Jul 24, 2014 | Independent Meeting Planners, Meeting Planning, On-Site Management
It’s hard listening to the news these days with everything going on in the world. As a meeting planner, my heart goes out to the people traveling to the AIDS Conference on the downed Malaysia Airlines flight. I’ve certainly handled my share of emergency situations...
by Lori Gershaw | Jul 14, 2014 | Independent Meeting Planners, Meeting Planning, Vendors
As Independent Meeting Planners, we’ve all had to hire vendors. But how do we know they’re any good? Just taking their word for it may get us more than we bargained for, so we ask for references. Whether they are a caterer, an on-site staffing agency, an...
by Lori Gershaw | Mar 5, 2014 | Independent Meeting Planners, Meeting Planning, On-Site Management
You’ve sent your resume out to thousands of employers, been on hundreds of interviews, and still no job offers, why?? Must be the economy, right? Maybe not. Yes, there may be a lot of competition out there, but there’s only one you. Let’s stop blaming everyone else...
