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Websites of the Month Hit the Links These sites will keep your next shot at planning a golf event on the fairway By Vincent Alonzo vince.alonzo@nielsen.com FIND A COURSE www.golf.com/golf/courses_travel/coursefinder Looking for a golf course in the area for your next meeting? Why not try www.golf.com, a website that lets users search for golf courses from among their pool of registered participants in the U.S. and Canada. The database of courses is extensive and the search function allows you to look for courses around the country by a number of criteria. It also offers course rankings and an updated listing of golf packages and deals. HOLE-IN-ONE COVERAGE www2.nationalindemnity.com/holein1 Running a hole-in-one contest is much easier when you can instantly calculate how much it will cost. The National Indemnity group of insurance companies offers event sponsors hole-in-one and other prize indemnification coverage for all types of contests covering prize amounts up to $1,000,000. The site features an instant rating function that gives quotes for prizes up to $50,000. (For prizes over that amount, you have to speak to a representative.) SPICE UP YOUR TOURNAMENT www.greatgamesforgolf.com This site offers lots of handy information that can really take a golf event to the next level. It’s a simple site, but it has numerous useful checklists for planning a golf event, tips on how to maximize the business-networking aspect of the game, a compendium of golf jokes to use in promotional material or to build an icebreaking event around, and, of course, a comprehensive list of golf games that can add fun and excitement to the tournament. 26 mimegasite.com JANUARY 2008 SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS http://www.golf.com/golf/courses_travel/coursefinder http://www.golf.com http://www2.nationalindemnity.com/holein1 http://www.greatgamesforgolf.com http://mimegasite.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Successful Meetings - January 2008

Successful Meetings - January 2008
Contents
Editor's Note
Associations
Research
Events
Suppliers
Associations
On the Record
Associations
Suppliers
Planner Spotlight
Websites of the Month
Management Matters
Meeting the Law
Personal Success
Mouth for Sale
Food & Beverage
Professional Development
On Site
Pre-Event
Tools of the Trade
Veggie Power
Tennis, Anyone?
Seeing is Believing
The Wild Green Yonder
Game On
Places & Spaces
Galveston & Texas Beaches
Greater Seattle
Singapore
Gurus

Successful Meetings - January 2008