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choose is your partner. Is the facility’s sales / planning department asking the right questions? Make sure they understand what your goals, objectives, and desired outcomes are so that your meeting can produce the ROI you desire and be a success long after your conference. CARTOON: H.L. SCHWADRON Leslie Schultz was a meeting planner before she shifted her career and designed the Garrett Creek Ranch Conference Center, Paradise, TX. The Ranch offers a flexible environment to address team building, leadership development, strategic planning, and training. For more information, please visit www.garrettcreekranch.com or call 972-680-8679. Tools of the Trade EVENT COVERAGE 2.0 BY VINCENT ALONZO Bring your trade show daily coverage to the next level. Extend the reach of your show press conferences and boost your exhibitors’ exposure. Blogtalkradio makes it possible to create audio versions of show dailies and do live audio broadcasts of press conferences that can be accessed over the web. The technology allows organizations to host live, call-in, radio-style shows using just their phones. You can interview speakers, sponsors, attendees, and exhibitors on the trade show floor. The technology can also be set up to accommodate internal meetings for private audiences. Visit www.blogtalkradio.com for more information. For internal meetings, contact John Havens at johnhavens@blogtalkradio.com. PROJECTING SUCCESS Need a projector really fast? Try Projector123.com. The site provides high-quality LCD projector rentals for any event. The projector is sent next-business day delivery via FedEx to any location in the United States and Canada. The online ordering process is simple: Select a rental period for which you’d like to use the projector, choose a projector model, and finalize billing and shipping. Projector123.com stocks projectors that are easy-to-use and that arrive with a step-by-step guide to the set-up process. A 24/7 customer support line provides immediate technical assistance. A weekend rental costs $99. For more information, visit www.projector123.com. SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS JANUARY 2008 mimegasite.com 37 http://www.garrettcreekranch.com http://www.blogtalkradio.com http://www.projector123.com http://www.projector123.com http://www.projector123.com http://www.projector123.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