Smart Meetings Magazine Issue June 2009

June 2009

CASE STUDY: Setting the Scene for Increased Attendance

How one planner effectively marketed her event

Business Response Card

Online Exclusives

CASE STUDY: Setting the Scene for Increased Attendance

How one planner effectively marketed her event

Get Certified

One experienced planner tells how she got her client a green events certification

Ms. Smart E. Pants: Digital Aids to Event Planning

Q: I am looking for some event or meeting planning software which will help me keep track of multiple events running at the same time. I do a three day show which has 12 events and many different sponsors. Can you suggest a software out there? —Melinda Wunder, CMP, Boulder, Colo.

Where in the West June 2009

THE UN-COMFORT ZONE: Keeping The Ball Rolling

Let the good times roll with momentum

Top 5: Online Invitations

Your resource for chic, customizable and cost-effective invitations

Destinations

Nevada

Nevada the Sky Isn't Falling

Unlike Chicken Little, we’re taking a less flustered approach to the industry’s recent fallout (although, we admit, the economy and negative perceptions about meetings have been pretty big acorns!).

Montana

The Great Outdoors is open for meetings in Montana

This is where the buffalo roam, the deer and the antelope play, as well as moose, bear, fox and all manner of free-roaming wildlife. This is Montana, a wilderness paradise of unbridled beauty and wide-open spaces.

Monterey/ Carmel/ Santa Cruz

The Monterey Bay area lures groups to its sandy shores and singular sites

Monterey and its surrounding coastal enclaves hug a half moon-shaped chunk of the California coast along Monterey Bay. South of San Francisco and north of Los Angeles, the region contains elements of these larger metropolitan areas, while retaining a vibe that is all its own.

Park City

Meet me in the outdoors

Deserved or not, the state of Utah has a reputation as being a tad sober and conservative, especially in contrast to the high-octane, sin city destination of Las Vegas to the west. And while that’s not necessarily a bad thing these days, as Donnie and Marie Osmond might sing, Utah is just a little bit rock and roll.

Inland Empire

SoCal’s Inland Empire offers easy access and good value

With a prime central location less than an hour from the beach and the mountains, the Inland Empire (often referred to as the I.E.) is a part of Southern California that often gets overlooked—for no good reason.