You might want to stand up for this. Researchers recently discovered that standing during meetings boosts excitement around group projects and reduces turf defense. “Organizations should design office spaces that facilitate non-sedentary work,” said Andrew Knight of the Ol

Smart Meetings just published a list of power players in the meeting and event industry, and one of our IAVM members—Karen Kotowski, CEO of the Convention Industry Council—made the list. Here’s what the magazine wrote about Kotowski: Check out the article for more of Kotowski

I posted a blog entry last week about learning a persuasion trick in less than a minute. You really enjoyed it judging by the page views it received, so I thought I’d share another persuasion trick from the same “:59 Seconds” series that I think you’ll enjoy. I

Do you present a blank face during meetings? Is your body language more akin to a fence post? Are your words less than two syllables when you talk? Then you may be suffering from “surface acting,” a serious occurrence of managing emotions. “According to a new study,

Did you know that 71% of IAVM’s convention centers polled in the 2010 VenueDataSource Convention Center Operating Expense Report were at least 10 years old or more? And, over 49% of the surveyed venues said they planned to update lighting systems and 82% needed to update fixtures and