WTTC-Phoenix/Scottsdale Invites You to Attend: Finding & Keeping Clients in 2010 ..“Harnessing the Power of LinkedIn”. Featuring Raymond “Chip” Lambert, Author of “Making Linkedin.com A Killer Business App”. Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at the Desert Ridge Corporate Center, 20860 N Tatum Blvd., Ste. 190,Phoenix, AZ 85050. The Seminar begins promptly at 1:00pm. Early Bird Registration [...]

published by staff. There are only 8 days left until MPI’s Meet Different 2010, which is being held, this year, in Cancun, Mexico. The event has always seemed very “left brain” in many respects, promising attendees “… better designs, more efficient practices and return on investment that’s clear and measureable.” This year, however, the association [...]

published by staff. Writers and marketing consultants Doug Stern and Jaclyn Landon have compiled a six-point article for Marketing Profs on how to write a great proposal in response to an RFP. The duo advise not to get too creative but rather remember that you’re getting points for showing how well you color inside the [...]

Published by staff on January 18, 2010 If you’re nervous about an upcoming job interview, consider getting some practice with automated phone interviews at Better Talking. Visit the web site, sign up with your name and e-mail address, and you’re given a phone number and a pin number. Call the number and you’ll be prompted [...]

by Janet Latremouille with WTTC.com So your clients want to “green up” their conference. And, they’ve left it to you, the planner, to show them the way. The organizers of this month’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen (COP15) have taken some big steps (and a lot of little ones, too) to decrease the [...]

by Janet Latremouille As “green” becomes more important, planners who work with environmentally conscious clients need to be sure that the products and services they recommend meet environmental targets. And that includes hotels. For event and meeting planners who are looking to “green” their events, booking clients into LEED® certified properties is an excellent start. [...]

published by Wttc.com Staff Find everything you need to make this holiday season a special one. Visit our latest destination city — WTTC North Pole — to browse or search for holiday discounts and deals from suppliers across North America. Another service of WTTC.com … helping planners search less, and find more.

published by: Wttc.com staff Most of us don’t like to start thinking about Christmas before at least November, but in business it’s never too early… only too late! And, no one knows this better than Dan Goldhar, co-founder of Toronto-based Admar Promotions Group. Dan has been helping companies get noticed since 1991 when he and [...]

Last week, Lindsay Coulter, the “Queen of Green” at The David Suzuki Foundation, talked with WTTC.com’s Janet Latremouille about what her role at the foundation and what actions planners could take to decrease the environmental footprint of their meetings and events. After the interview, Lindsay was kind enough to provide us with a list of [...]

by; Andrew Maxwell – Wttc.com An issue that is currently top of mind for many businesses in the meetings, incentives, conventions and events industry is how to attract new business sales during tough economic times. Just do a Google search for “selling in a recession” and you get over 21 million returns, a statistic that [...]