Late last year, M&IW launched an ambitious goal for 2023: to release an educational resource on medical meetings management. We are proud to share that the resulting book, How to Plan Medical Meetings and Events, co-authored by M&IW and Pat Schaumann, CMP, CSEP, DMCP, HMCC,...
Originally published on November 23, 2019. Updated on October 25, 2023. Conference hosts often craft a jam-packed program, filling it with moment-by-moment stimulation. As any planner knows, however, piling on the content doesn’t always equate to attendee engagement. So what is a conference planner to do? First,...
World Mental Health Day is celebrated each year on October 10. Since the pandemic, mental health has become more and more important in the workplace, including at events. This is especially true at M&IW, where CEO Tina Madden has intentionally fostered a culture that supports...
Originally published on June 6, 2016. Updated on October 4, 2023. When it comes to meetings and events, some things are need-to-haves while others are nice-to-haves. Wi-Fi falls firmly into the first category along with power, water, and heat/AC. You wouldn’t plan an event without those...
Sustainability has always been important to M&IW. Earlier this year, we named our first-ever Sustainability Champion, Donna Collins, and in April, we shared sustainability best practices throughout the event management timeline. For our signature event, the 2023 M&IW Summit, we continued this commitment to environmental...
Today marks M&IW’s 56th anniversary, and what a ride it has been! From our humble beginnings as a travel agency to our recent Journey to World Class, we have grown by leaps and bounds. Under the leadership of founder Dan Neider’s daughters, CEO Tina Madden,...
Purchasing an all-in-one meetings management platform can be an intimidating process. Not all companies have a procurement department or in-house event technology experts to steer the purchase process and identify the best-fitting technology for the M&E Program. To help guide the process, the experts of...
Every year, Meetings & Incentives Worldwide hosts our signature event: the M&IW Summit. In addition to facilitating industry connections and networking, one of the event objectives is to share best practices and emerging trends across meetings, events, and incentives. One of the most informative sessions...
Originally published in 2018. Updated on September 6, 2023. There are moments in life and business that are truly transformative. When you experience one, as I did in 2018, I believe it is imperative to drive forward with intention and share that purpose with employees, partners,...
As M&IW CEO Tina Madden said in her opening State of the Company address at the 2023 M&IW Summit, caring for employee wellness and mental health is no longer a nice-to-have but a need-to-have. The same is true for event attendees. There are many ways to...