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Which meeting design books should I buy?

Conferences that Work

Here are five meeting design books I especially recommend. In an outrageous display of chutzpah , I wrote three of these books. [If In 2013, Eric de Groot and Mike van de Vijver published this unique, extraordinary, and important book on meeting design. The story is told in the book’s preface.)

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Last Minute Tax Checks for Self-employed Meeting Planners

Smart Meetings

Lee is the author of Entrepreneur Press book, “ Taxpertise, The Complete Book of Dirty Little Secrets and Tax Deductions for Small Business that the IRS Doesn’t Want You to Know ,” published in 2009. For four decades, she has specialized in tax issues relating to individuals and small business.

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Becoming a writer

Conferences that Work

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. Write a book? Outwardly, I’ve succeeded. So here’s my story.

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Now is the time to rethink and restart the events industry: Interview with Angeles Moreno, Managing Partner at the Creative Dots

The MICE Blog

I went through the dot-com crisis, 9/11 and the financial crisis in 2008, which impacted us significantly in 2009. We had a strong year in 2008, and in January 2009, we began getting cancellations one after another. By the end of 2009, things were recovering. You have a new book coming out.

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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Benoit Sauvage, CMP Fellow

Smart Meetings

He first learned of the CMP designation in 2009, saying, “it was a revelation for me. Each study session and chapter in the book added layers of knowledge, helping me see the bigger picture and understand the interconnectedness of our work.” The moment I learned about it, I felt an immediate connection and knew I had to pursue it.”

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5 Reasons I’m Grateful for My Clients After 40+ Years of Consulting

Conferences that Work

I ran them in my spare time for thirteen years before writing my first book. Having spent seventeen years developing the why and how of peer conferences, you might reasonably expect that the book provided a somewhat definitive guide for peer conference rationale and design. And, my goodness, I got feedback! It was great feedback.

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Focusing on Mission-Driven Work

Convene by PCMA

In her new book, The Experience Mindset: Changing the Way You Think About Growth , Salesforce executive Tiffani Bova unveils one way companies can keep employees happy. From 2009 to 2019, Unilever CEO Paul Polman zeroed in on the idea that purpose can help reduce tensions in the workforce and create optimal conditions for growth.