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Archive for August 12th, 2008

Big company or small?

I recently received this from a reader:

    I’ve just been told by a long-time (12 year) client that using a large company rather than my small one can help with contract concessions. For instance, their new, acting CEO (a CMP herself) thinks a large meeting planning company can, through their “purchasing power” do away with a performance clause and/or do away with any attrition penalties they are assessed due to poor attendance. She’s “hot” with this issue since they were assessed attrition penalties after their June, 2008 meeting—although I did negotiate 25% slippage. What’s up? Have I missed something here?

Any suggestions/advice for this person?

“‘Cool’ meeting” isn’t always a compliment

Attendees’ top complaint about conferences? That it’s too cold in the room. When the facility doesn’t want to turn up the temp, here’s a novel way to get them to budge:

    [Meeting planner Steve Kemble of Dallas] for one, doesn’t take it lying down. He once bought a slab of beef and hung it from a hotel’s sales-office door after six pleas to turn up the heat in a meeting room that was “62 or 63 degrees” were ignored. It was up to 70 the next day.

Hey, whatever works!

Off topic: Fun with crossword puzzles

I admit it, I’m a wordie and just love crossword puzzles. Which is why I now include one in each issue of Association Meetings magazine (like this one here). Now our crossword guy, Andy Harrison, is doing a daily three-dimensional crossword that has almost replaced the Boston Globe’s as my must-do morning puzzle. Anyway, just had to share in case there are any other wordies out there.

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