Four Stupendous Strategic Steps You Should Practice Regularly February 19, 2016 by Jeff Hurt One of the biggest challenges we face—especially nonprofit association and conference professionals–is spending adequate time thinking. For some reason, we believe that doing is better than thinking. When we do something, we seem to make progress. Well, at least that’s what we tell ourselves. When we think, there doesn’t seem to be any forward movement. … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , association executives, credibility, event professionals, hospitality professionals, meeting planning best practices, meeting professionals, strategic thinking, strategic value, strategy
Ten Ways Conference Professionals Can Gain Credibility And Increase Their Strategic Value July 9, 2015 by Jeff Hurt Are you looking to gain credibility? Do you want to climb the career ladder? Do you want to be seen by your executives as a leader who can add strategic value? Sure you do. And if you’re like most, you want to do this now. You don’t want to wait 10-20 years before people respect … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , credibility, event professionals, hospitality professionals, meeting planning best practices, meeting professionals, strategic thinking, strategic value
16 New Normals for Meetings, Destinations And Hotels May 21, 2010 by Jeff Hurt This post is by Dave Lutz, Managing Director, Velvet Chainsaw Consulting. Recently, I had the pleasure of presenting a keynote on the 16 New Normals that are impacting meetings, destinations and hotels at the Passkey Housing Forum to 150 hospitality professionals. Here’s a copy of my presentation. The New Normal For Hospitality Professionals View more presentations … [Read more…] Filed Under: Event Planning Tagged With: , conferences, hospitality professionals, new normal for hospitality industry
