by Sheila Scarborough | Apr 10, 2012 | Hospitality and Hotels, Meetings and Conferences
I’m not a professional meeting planner and don’t particularly want to become one, but since joining the National Board of Directors for the AWC (Association for Women in Communications) I’ve found myself on a team that is researching venues and... by Sheila Scarborough | May 12, 2011 | Hospitality and Hotels, Meetings and Conferences, Tourism Currents, Tourism Marketing on the Web, Travel and Travel Media, Web Communications
You know that part of CVB that deals with meetings? CVB stands for Convention and Visitors Bureau, after all. How can you find and connect with the right people and encourage them to consider your destination or venue for their event, when there are so many social... by Sheila Scarborough | Feb 6, 2011 | Economic Development, Hutchinson KS Blogger Tour, Meetings and Conferences, Travel and Travel Media
After our great experience holding the 140 Characters Conference Small Town in the restored Fox Theatre in Hutchinson, Kansas, I began thinking about how small towns with the right timing, venue, networks and entrepreneurial spirit can host more tech- and social... by Sheila Scarborough | Sep 19, 2010 | Blogs, Economic Development, Facebook, LinkedIn, Meetings and Conferences, Photos and Images, Twitter, Video, Web Communications
It’s easy to see how social media and mobile devices have changed how meetings and conferences themselves are conducted (for more on that see Jeff Hurt’s Seven Tips to Make Your Conference Millennial-Friendly) but how about the idea of using social media...