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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
In my previous blog posts, I explored the importance of employee engagement and retention as well as the benefits, including increased loyalty and profitability. Now, it’s time to explore the best practices that will lead to successful and transformative employee engagement. As part of my ongoing...
Originally published on April 18, 2022. Updated on April 19, 2023. For many organizations, sustainable practices are no longer a request but a requirement, and this extends to their meetings and events. The push for greener events plus the necessities of the pandemic have led to...
Anyone who’s been in business or sales long enough has seen firsthand that it’s much more cost effective to retain customers than to find new ones, and the same is true of a company’s most valuable assets: its employees. In my last blog post, I...