maryjowisemanJan 61 minHappy New Year!May 2021 be a year of personal and professional successes, peace and joy but most importantly one of good health. I hope you will join me...
maryjowisemanNov 11, 20202 minSTEPPING OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONELate this summer Nadia Giordana, a Minnesota author and editor of WINK (Writers in the Know magazine) approached me about being part of a...
maryjowisemanOct 2, 20203 minDos and Don’ts of Video ConferencingWorking Remote? These are the Biggest Dos and Don’ts of Video Conferencing "Since this story originally ran in 2017, the worldwide corona...
maryjowisemanSep 21, 20209 minWhat are Some Hotels and Resorts Doing to Enhance Health and Sanitation Standards? Answers to this important question can be found in the following reprint of the article, "Here's what Hotels and Resorts are Doing to Enh...
maryjowisemanSep 16, 20204 min7 Tips to Keep Meetings and Events F&B Safe and Sustainableby Tracy Stuckrath, Professional Speaker, Trainer, Consultant Article reprinted with permission from Tracy Stuckrath, 9/14/2020. Original...
maryjowisemanSep 16, 20203 minChecklist: Questions Meeting Planners Should Ask Hotels and Venuesby Alex Palmer, Deputy Editor, Northstar Meetings Group September 2, 2020 This article is being reprinted with permission from Alex Palme...
maryjowisemanSep 16, 202010 minOne Editor’s Experience With Face-to-Face Meetings Back to Business Experiential Forum With ALHI: One Editor’s Experience With Face-to-Face Meetings by Tyler Davidson, VP & Chief Content D...
maryjowisemanSep 8, 20202 minCELEBRATING LABOR DAY! CELEBRATING LABOR DAY – a public holiday held in honor of working people Did you know that the first Labor Day was held on Tuesday, Septe...
maryjowisemanAug 18, 20202 minA MODERN-DAY SPEAKEASY IN STILLWATER, MN The 18thAmendment made the manufacture, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages illegal. Referred to as the Prohibition Era (1920-...
maryjowisemanAug 13, 20202 minWHEN IN STILLWATER, DO WHAT LUMBERJACKS DID FOR SPORTStillwater, MN is a quaint, picturesque, historic river town located just outside of St. Paul on the Minnesota/Wisconsin border of the St...
maryjowisemanJul 31, 20203 minPivoting to Virtual Meetings in a Health CrisisThis has been the year for everyone to learn all about virtual meetings and events. With the pandemic induced social distancing, we have ...
maryjowisemanJul 11, 20201 minNavigating a Virtual Conversation? Here's How.Bonnie Low-Kramen, Be the Ultimate Assistant presented the following seven steps in a recent post to help people navigate virtual convers...
maryjowisemanMay 7, 20209 minOne23 Events: Voted “One of the 25” most stunning venues in Minnesota! What do you get when you combine the talents of someone with over 20 years administrative experience in higher education, attention to de...
maryjowisemanApr 29, 20204 minTAKE TIME TO REBOOT AND RETOOLThe hospitality industry is a global community and a huge revenue generator for our country. The shutdown as a result of COVID-19 has cer...
maryjowisemanApr 22, 20205 minBENEFITS OF HOTEL SOURCING FOR MEETING PLANNERSI’ve long said that meeting planners can’t do it all on their own. To succeed they need to surround themselves with a team of experts to ...
maryjowisemanApr 19, 20201 min7 Strategies to Boost Your Business Resilience and ....Pleased to share a link to an article written by Jill J. Johnson, MBA, president & founder Johnson Consulting Services that was recently ...
maryjowisemanApr 19, 20201 minCEOs Predict the Future of Face-to-Face Meetings"Face-to face meetings and interactions will be more important and valuable than ever; but they will be different," writes Jordan D. Clar...
maryjowisemanApr 18, 20202 minA TIME TO LEARN; A TIME TO GROW!The hospitality industry is a huge revenue generator for our country, and it is in turmoil right now in light of the COVID-19 health cris...
maryjowisemanMar 10, 20203 minFAIL to PLAN; PLAN to FAILPlanning and executing meetings and events is no easy task and requires a PLAN and a PROCESS and a TEAM of experts to make it happen and ...
maryjowisemanFeb 17, 20201 minHELLO and THANKS FOR VISITING MY BLOGHi everyone! I hope you enjoy my blog posts. My goal is to make them interesting and informative and relative to the hospitality/meetin...