maryjowisemanNov 112 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 23 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 219 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 164 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 163 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 1610 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 82 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 182 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 132 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 313 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 111 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 79 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 294 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 225 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 191 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 191 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 182 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 103 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 171 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...
maryjowisemanFeb 174 minWorker B Wellness – It’s more than a spa882 West 7th Street | St. Paul, MN 55102 | 651.998.8866 www.workerbwellness.com Contact: Rachel Romanelli, Co-founder and COO | Rachel@wo...