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At Meetings & Incentives Worldwide (M&IW), we specialize in the end-to-end event management of meetings, conferences, and incentives of all shapes and sizes around the world. We also specialize in enterprise program strategy across organizations.

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Myth vs. Reality: Incentives & Engagement

Employee incentive and engagement programs are more popular than ever! Done well, they’re an effective tool for motivation, recognition, and retention. Sometimes, their reputation for fun and excitement overshadows the very real business benefits they provide, which can lead to misunderstandings of what their whole...

Top Five Trends in Corporate Gifting

Whether given as part of an employee engagement strategy or in conjunction with an event, corporate gifting is an effective tool both for motivating and retaining employees and for maximizing the attendee experience. In fact, a recent study from the Incentive Research Foundation found that...

Employee Spotlight: Marcelo Casadei and Laura Green Tackle Food Waste

Sustainability is a major focus in the meetings and events industry, and we are proud to share that M&IW’s own Marcelo Casadei, Sr. Event Experience Manager, left, and Laura Green, CMP, Customer Success Lead, right, are leading the charge to reduce food waste at events. After...

What to Know About Event Sourcing: Part 2

M&IW’s Event Sourcing experts have seen it all. From the pre-pandemic standards to the COVID craziness to the new trends emerging in the post-pandemic world, they’ve stayed on top of all the latest developments and are always committed to successful and fiscally responsible sourcing and...

What to Know About Event Sourcing: Part 1

As we approach the end of Q2 in 2023, M&IW's Event Sourcing team continues to experience both new sourcing trends and long-lasting trends that have now become the norm. Some of the most common include high compression across the board, higher prices, and tougher contracting...

Best Practices in Employee Engagement: Part 2

Employees may join a company for the money, but they stay for the personal and professional fulfillment. That’s why an effective engagement strategy is just as important as a competitive compensation plan when it comes to creating a productive, satisfied workforce. After all, two of...

Employee Spotlight: Jake Runnion Gets Technical

Last month, event professionals convened in Las Vegas for the tenth anniversary of Event Tech Live (ETL), the only event portfolio dedicated to event technology. Over two days, attendees explored the latest advances in event tech and heard from technologists from across the industry on...

Myth vs. Reality: Event Management

No detail is too big or small for an event management team, and if you find yourself asking, “Does an event manager do this?” the answer is almost always yes. Still, if you’ve never worked with a professional event management company, there can be a...

Event Planners’ Superpowers

Event planners may not have a secret identity or the gift of flight or laser vision, but they are still superheroes! Or as we like to call them at M&IW, Hospitality Heroes. They have special skills all their own, and most attendees have no idea...

Five Steps to Establishing a High-Performance Sales Culture

Many organizations measure sales performance by sales activity, revenue, and quotas. These are all key metrics to understand the health of your team and channel partners. However, they’re only part of the puzzle that will lead to success. Today’s focus also needs to include understanding...