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The ONE Secret to Reaching all your New Year Goals
By Andrea Driessen, Chief Boredom Buster, No More Boring Meetings Did you set resolutions for 2012? Or at least up the ante on your goals? Bad news: The odds against you making change in your life are 9 to … Continue reading
Eating at your Meeting: 4 Easy Ways to Boost Brain Power & Alertness
We all know the importance of healthy eating. Yet too many business meetings offer less-than-healthy—or downright unhealthy—meal and snack options. With so much time spent in meetings, that’s gotta change. Start here with four easy ways to create menus that … Continue reading
The best gift you can give meeting attendees
By Andrea Driessen, Chief Boredom Buster, No More Boring Meetings Newsflash: You don’t need to give meeting participants iPads, Kindles or cash to reward and recognize them in style. In light of this annual season of gifting, we offer you … Continue reading
Top 21 Strategies for Successful Hybrid Meetings
Attending the uber-fabulous EventCampVancouver in person earlier this month—itself a well-executed hybrid meeting—I learned a great deal about hybrid meeting best practices. Hybrid business meetings, once an occasional event, have indeed gone mainstream. Whether you’ve staged them, attended them, or … Continue reading
Managing—and better yet, PREVENTING—Speaker “No-Shows”: Top 8 tips for Less Stress
By Andrea Driessen, Chief Boredom Buster, No More Boring Meetings A no-show speaker is most meeting planners’ worst nightmare. You can lessen or even eliminate this stressor—and boost your peace of mind—with the following strategies. Remove the possibility of flight … Continue reading
5 Top Strategies for Getting the Most Value from Internal and External Speakers
By Andrea Driessen, Chief Boredom Buster For most organizations, speaker and entertainer talent for meetings represents one of the costliest line items in the budget. To help you make the most of your talent investments, whether you rely on internal … Continue reading
When to Hire Speakers Solely Based on Fees
By Andrea Driessen, Chief Boredom Buster, No More Boring Meetings Recession or not, I’ve always been committed to helping you save money and effort when you plan important meetings and events. Outside speakers are often the element most instrumental in … Continue reading
3 Proven Event Theme-Keynote Combos To Boost Buzz & Message Alignment
The right meeting theme combined with the right keynote address will: • Build a solid foundation on which to shape all aspects of your meeting, including venue, décor, breakouts, and gifts • Help participants become more engaged and retain more … Continue reading
What Angry Birds and Righteous Pigs Teach us about Meeting Design
By Andrea Driessen, Chief Boredom Buster, No More Boring Meetings More than 250 million people have downloaded the game Angry Birds. Every day, humans worldwide collectively spend about 200 million minutes playing this game on our mobile devices. Nearly 4 … Continue reading
May the Force Be With You: Why in-person meetings are the most powerful way to connect, inspire and learn
By Andrea Driessen, Chief Boredom Buster, No More Boring Meetings In this era of webinars, video conferencing, podcasting, ad infinitum, the need for authentic, human-to-human connection from live meetings has never been greater. Indeed, with so much happening virtually, the … Continue reading
