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Are you sick and tired of talking heads, PowerPoint abuse, boring, nasty, irritating meetings that suck the life out of everyone in the room?? Well, let's fix that! Here are some resources that can help, whether you're a professional meeting planner or just someone who was given the job on top of everything else you do 

Meetings-Related Lenses 

Expoholic
Helping trade show organizers get over bad habits, one day at a time, by tradeshow marketing expert Rich Westerfield
Las Vegas Conventions
Some good resources for planners bringing a show to Las Vegas
International Business Trip Planning
Tips for planners who do a lot of international meetings
Event Planning
Ideas for corporate event planners

Meetings-Related Blogs 

face2face
A little bit of everything that has to do with meetings, events, and the hospitality industry, authored by yours truly.
Trade Show Marketing Report
Rich Westerfield's excellent insights on how to market events, and so much more.
MISoapbox
Meetings industry issues from the editors of Successful Meetings and MeetingNews
Trade Show Blues Blog
Tradeshow veteran Jeff Brown's often amusing musings on the industry.
E-Venting
Talks about interactive marketing events, but often widens into other meetings-related issues.
Association Inc.
Association exec Kevin Holland on association matters, including thoughts on improving meetings and events.
Expophile
Fueldog's take on the latest news in expositions.
Tradeshow Startup
Tradeshow entrepreneur Tim Bourquin gives a behind-the-scenes look at the launch of the Portable Media Expo
High Context Consulting
While David Gammel's main focus is on how associations use the Internet and knowledge systems, meetings-related stuff tends to sneak in pretty often.

Meeting Planner Magazines 

MeetingsNet
A portal page into the five Meetings Group magazines:

Association Meetings

Corporate Meetings & Incentives

Financial & Insurance Meetings

Medical Meetings

Religious Conference Manager
MIMegasite
A portal to Successful Meetings and MeetingNews magazines' content.
Business Travel News
Often contains information about meetings and conventions.
Meetings & Conventions
Covers the meetings and hospitality industries.

Meeting Planner Resources 

Meeting Planner Survival Guide
All the checklists, how-to's, legal advice, and cost-saving tips you need to plan a meeting.
U.S. Regional Planning Guides
Up-to-date information on the latest hot meetings destinations inside the U.S.
Golf Directory
Links to courses meeting planners like to use for group events and tournaments.
Meeting Industry Web Guide
Links to everything you'll need, from airline information and adult education theory to space calculators and seating arrangement help.

Meeting Industry Associations 

International Congress and Convention Association
For international congress organizers
International Association of Conference Centers
To find conference centers that are certified to meet a certain standard set by IACC
ASAE and the Center for Association Leadership
For association meeting planners
Professional Convention Management Association
Mostly for association meeting planners, with some corporate
International Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus
To contact any CVB, anywhere, for more information about a city
International Association of Professional Congress Organizers
For international planners
Meeting Professionals International
Mostly for corporate meeting planners, but also some association
Society of Incentive and Travel Executives
for those who plan incentives
International Association for Exhibition Management
For exhibition managers

Meetings-related del.icio.us Tags 

Books on Meeting Planning 

Event Planning Made Easy

Amazon Price: $18.21 (as of 11/16/2009) Buy Now

National Trust Guide: Meeting Planner's Guide to Historic Places (Preservation Press)

Amazon Price: (as of 11/16/2009) Buy Now

Complete Guide for the Meeting Planner

Amazon Price: $126.25 (as of 11/16/2009) Buy Now

The Convention and Meeting Planner's Handbook

Amazon Price: $47.95 (as of 11/16/2009) Buy Now

Meeting & Event Planning for Dummies

Amazon Price: $14.95 (as of 11/16/2009) Buy Now

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Meeting and Event Planning

Amazon Price: (as of 11/16/2009) Buy Now

Planning Successful Meetings and Events (Take-Charge Assistant Series)

Amazon Price: $11.07 (as of 11/16/2009) Buy Now

Planning Better Board Meetings (CarverGuide, Vol. 5)

Amazon Price: $16.00 (as of 11/16/2009) Buy Now

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