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Return of IMEX Group Carina Bauer -Show 208

February 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

imex 2012 Return of IMEX Group Carina Bauer Show 208Jon Trask and Elizabeth Glau interview the CEO of IMEX Group Carina Bauer for a second time to talk about how Las Vegas IMEX show has learned from 2011 show and the changes they are making to make the conference better for everyone.

It is free to attend, get education and network. The benefits are really great for anyone interested in the meeting and events industry.

America’s newest trade show, with unprecedented business opportunities combined with a great industry gathering. In partnership with the industry’s key associations, our unique model is complemented by extensive free education and networking. This first edition of this pioneering show was held in Las Vegas, supported by our HQ Hotel, the Venetian/Palazzo, October 9-11, 2012.  Last year over 2000 hosted buyers and thousands of visiting attendees met up with over 1800 exhibitors from 147 countries. The place for the industry’s top planners to conduct serious business with destinations and suppliers from the US and around the world.

Return of IMEX Group Carina Bauer Show 208

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How to look at a meetings venue on a site survey Primer Series (2)- Show 199

November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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Jon Trask continues on the Grass Shack Events Media/ Meetings Podcast

Primer series:

“How to look at a meetings venue on a site survey.” 

Jon gives some easy tips and tricks anyone who is putting on a meeting or event can use.  If you would like a copy of the check list please email us at meetingspodcast@gmail.com and we will send you one.

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Meetings Podcast Show 42 The Highball Glass

June 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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The Meeting Planners podcast source for what’s new and exciting in meetings and events industry!

Mike McAllen of Grass Shack Events & Media
Jon Trask of Alliant Event Services

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Extra! Jon Trask interviews Robb Thornsberry of Infinity Events

June 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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Today Jon Trask interviews Robb Thornsberry of Infinity Events

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The Meeting Planners podcast source for what’s new and exciting in meetings and events industry!

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MeetingsPodcast Show 41 Is this Microphone on?

May 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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The Meeting Planners podcast source for what’s new and exciting in meetings and events industry!

Question(s) for next week or in the comment section below:

Jon wonders what are planners doing to drive attendance up in this economy?
Mike wonders if you have used Twitter at a meeting and how was it received? success stories, failures you can tel us about?

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Texas Roadhouse Bucks The Trend And Knows Its Business

April 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment

While companies are canceling their out-of-town meetings, Texas Roadhouse is in the midst of five days of meetings and fun tour package, which is crucial to business, says G.J. Hart, Texas Roadhouse CEO. These are the folks that make their business shine and are trying to grow the business. Its a great start to the countries recovery! (And good news to you meetings and travel folks)

Check out the video:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?play=1&video=1084547481

Side note: I don’t understand why CNBC lets you embed videos but the source code never works easily.

Texas Roadhouse Bucks The Trend And Knows Its Business
Texas Roadhouse Bucks The Trend And Knows Its Business

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Bill Marriott Says Lets Meet

March 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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Saw this post on the cvent blog which made me happy that the industry leader are still getting out he word that meetings are important.

Bill Marriott, chairman and CEO of Marriott International, took to The Washington Post yesterday to share his thoughts on the state of today’s hotel industry, saying simply to business, “Let’s meet.”

Marriott shares that his Half Moon Bay Resort in California employs 500 people, many of whom used to be seasonal farmworkers. In the past few weeks the resort has seen cancellations from over 32 groups.

“That means we’ve lost millions of dollars of expected business, the city has lost tax revenue and, sadly, some people have lost their jobs,” he writes.

Marriott recognizes that in today’s economy, not all meetings can go on as usual. However, canceling them out of fear of media criticism will have far-reaching negative effects.

“Marriott, like many businesses, is making tough choices,” Marriott writes. “Indeed, we have scaled back on some of our meetings and travel. Making those cuts was the right thing to do. But canceling meetings and events to dodge unwarranted criticism is shortsighted and will have a detrimental effect on the U.S. economy.”

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MeetDifferent Reception

February 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Some bad lighting but you get the gist of the reception at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta Georgia for the Meetdifferfent 09 Conference. It was a really fun event with great food, decor, people in a fabulous venue!
-Mike

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Making Your Attendees Feel Like Royalty

October 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I have been involved with many types of corporate events and meetings and when I saw this video it really got me going. How fun would it be to transform the whole venue! Environmental design is the way to go that is if you have a kings budget…….

Whats the most creative transformation you have done for an event?

Making Your Attendees Feel Like Royalty
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Setting up a Meeting

August 14, 2007 By Leave a Comment

Setting up a Meeting
Sam takes no meetings

I heard this on a podcast from Scott Monty from Crayonville.com and I LOVE IT!

Business people lives are filled with meetings. And with meetings comes scheduling them to fit with everyone else’s busy schedule. Usually this takes a barrage of emails back and forth. But www.Doodle.ch is the answer to this problem.

Personally, I have been having a heck of a time scheduling podcasts interviews for KIVAPodcast.com my project for micro lending platform www.Kiva.org The people I am interviewing are all over the world and some do not have access to computers all the time. So this handy Web 2.0 application is a great solution.

Try it out- Schedule a meeting with me to talk about it! mike at GrassShackRoad.com

What is Doodle?

Doodle is a web-based tool to find suitable dates for appointments with other people. No authentication or registration is necessary. This makes Doodle particularly useful for people who do not use one common calendar or groupware system. Doodle can be used to find dates for meetings, dinners, cinema, events, and so on.

Why?

Because it’s so tedious to synchronize different people’s agendas and find a date that suits everybody. This should be easier to achieve online.

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