MARY JO WISEMAN, CMP  AUTHOR

In writing my book, “The Meeting Planning Process: A Guide to Planning Successful Meetings,” I refer to meeting planning as the PROCESS...

I’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...

Planning 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...

A meeting planner by MY definition is the go-to person within an organization – be it corporate, association or otherwise – charged with...

One of the most profound experience I had as a meeting planner was on 9/11/2001. While on route to San Antonio, TX to advance...

A Crisis Management Plan (sometimes referred to as an Emergency Preparedness Plan) is a document that identifies and assesses potential...

A meeting agenda is a list of actionable items requiring attention, discussion, approval, dismissal or delay in the order in which said...

Do you have trouble keeping your committee or department meetings on track? I came across this article that just might provide the...

The planning and executing of a meeting can be a very daunting task (to say the least) for someone who has never planned a meeting...

A long-time friend and business acquaintance, Nancy Nachman, founder and chief connecting officer, The Meetings Concierge, recently...

In a previous blog post, I defined an Overall Plan (or Meeting Action Plan) as the working document that identifies and/or defines the...

By my definition an Overall Plan (sometimes referred to by others as an Action Plan) is a working document that identifies and/or defines...

A Meeting Time Line (sometimes referred to as a “task list”) is a time sensitive document and an integral component of the Meeting...

Have you ever been asked to plan a meeting and not known how or where to begin? Did you panic? Or, did you perhaps bury the request in...