by Terry Matthews-Lombardo | Mar 24, 2015 | Guest Bloggers, Meeting Planning, On-Site Management
By now, most of us on the planning side are aware of the sweeping changes that took place in the management of medical meetings since the passage of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (PPSA), aka “The Sunshine Act.” Since 2009, small steps have been taken...
by Terry Matthews-Lombardo | Mar 10, 2015 | Guest Bloggers, On-Site Management
Yes, it’s tax time again. And if you lose sleep just thinking about a potential audit of your own personal income because you might possibly have stretched the truth just a teensy bit about some business deductions you made last year … well, consider yourself...
by Geoff Woliner | Feb 10, 2015 | Guest Bloggers, Meeting Planning
Meetings that are fun, unique, and memorable are sure to draw rave reviews from your attendees and will reflect positively on your sense of style. In the first installment of this two part series, we outlined three creative ways to take your events to the next level....
by Geoff Woliner | Feb 3, 2015 | Guest Bloggers, Meeting Planning
The reviews from your last several events have been good. The food is acceptable. Decent enough speakers. No major problems. And, thankfully, everyone had a good enough experience that they plan on returning. So, the question becomes … Where Do We Go from Here?...
by Terry Matthews-Lombardo | Nov 3, 2014 | Guest Bloggers, On-Site Management
If you do any amount of temporary work at all, it’s bound to happen at some point, especially with the typical pharmaceutical sponsored dinner events. You show up at your hotel/restaurant/meeting venue only to discover there are multiple similar meetings going on at...
by Geoff Woliner | Oct 13, 2014 | Guest Bloggers, Independent Meeting Planners, Meeting Planning, Small Business
Relationships with clients are complex, tricky things. They’re very similar to the dynamic a teenager has with their parents. You love them, you hate them, you laugh with them, you fight with them, but ultimately, you depend on them. This wrinkle in the...