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PLANNER’S WORKSHOP education By Sheila Murray Bethel, CEO, Bethel Leadership Institute Travel Tips to Increase Attendance and Make the Process Painless our organization’s annual incentive or meeting is approaching. In today’s world, that means your potential attendees are struggling with the idea of the hassles of traveling. The heightened security following the attempted attack on Delta/Northwest Flight 253 from the Netherlands to Detroit has made already difficult travel that much more complicated. Is there anything you can do or say to encourage them to attend, in spite of the inconveniences? Here are three tips to ease the pain of travel in 2010. How you look matters. Two weeks before Flight 253, when security was not on high alert but rather the level to which we have all become accustomed, I flew to Milan, Italy, to conduct a seminar for a client based in the United Kingdom. I flew from San Francisco and had to go through Paris. No matter how you cut it, it is a long, tiring flight. I had to steel myself for the hassles I knew were ahead. I followed my own travel rule: DRESS PROFESSIONALLY While it may be easier to put What’s Inside 15 Taking a hands-on approach to stress management Make a Q2 recognition resolution Are you undermining workplace motivation? Guarding against price swings in your contracts Who’s the boss? Jonathan Tisch. Here’s why I SM I March 2010 I SuccessfulMeetings.com http://www.SuccessfulMeetings.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Successful Meetings - March 2010

Successful Meetings - March 2010
Contents
Editor's Letter
A Dust-Up in the Windy City
Education
Mouth for Sale
Incentive Insights
Management Matters
Meetings Law
Good Neighbor
Feast Not Famine
Spreading Out
Your Guide to Green
Places + Spaces
Houston
New York City
Florida Keys
Oahu
Quebec City

Successful Meetings - March 2010