August 2010
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Holly's Hot Spot: Change is in the Air!
Welcome to Holly’s Hot Spot—your source for all the news pertaining to the ConferenceDirect LA Office!
Change is in the Air
Summer has proven to be a season of change for the ConferenceDirect LA office! We recently acquired several new additions to our staff. We’ve also begun using a new phone system, which we are very excited about. In addition, for all of our sales associates, did...
July 2010
1 post
Is Your Pickup at Risk of Walking the Plank?
Piracy is alive and well in 2010, and I’m not talking about Jerry Bruckheimer’s latest box office hit. I’m talking about “group housing piracy,” or more specifically, the fly-by-night companies that poach the attendee and exhibitor lists of meeting planners across the events industry.
A “housing pirate” can be defined as any unauthorized room block marketing company that misleads or...
June 2010
4 posts
A View from Inside the Leadership Pipeline →
Companies should let high-potential employees serve as mentors because research shows these employees are adept at developing others, Dan McCarthy writes. “People who want to get ahead and learn are going to gravitate towards high potentials. Details inside.
“APM 2010 was the best trade show experience we have had thus far of any APM. ...”
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Brian Landers of ConferenceDirect; Vice President & Team Director, California Region
Meeting Planners Conference attracts Industry... →
ConferenceDirect will be represented as one of several industry leaders at the 2010 Taste of Tahoe Symposium which aims to showcase beautiful Lake Tahoe and the surrounding areas as a premiere destination for event planning and travel.
May 2010
4 posts
A Brighter Economic Outlook for 2010 -... →
A new study breaks down how associations responded to the recession and what they expect in the coming year.
Training: Our Commitment to Our Customer
Henry Ford once said, “Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80.” ConferenceDirect, one of the world’s fastest growing meeting solution organizations, wants its associates to always be learning. By offering a myriad of both mandatory and optional training programs, ConferenceDirect continually offers skill development opportunities to its associates. The ultimate purpose is to benefit...