The Power of Business Retreats – Tips for Team-building

Recently, Courtney and I (co-founders of Teamings) took our families on a vacation together. This is something we do nearly every year and each year I’m blown away by its effect. This isn’t an official business retreat, but since we’re business partners, business discussions inevitably come to the table. Through these informal interactions we gained … Continued

The Money Saving Secret Your Meeting Planner Doesn’t Know

How to Save a Ton of Cash on Your Next Meeting or Event When choosing a location for an event, conference or business meeting most incentive program or event planners narrow down their venue selections based on the hotel amenities – the pool, the ballroom, the meeting space, the accommodations, the location, the ascetics, the … Continued

Getting the most out of your all-staff meetings

All-staff or Town Hall meetings can be incredibly useful to an organization. An effective meeting can solve problems, build morale, promote teamwork, reinforce company culture, boost profitability, uncover weaknesses, generate ideas and increase productivity. Unfortunately, many all-hands meetings fall short of these goals. But that doesn’t mean leadership should give up on bringing everyone together … Continued

How to meet successfully with a busy client

Make your meetings matter Clients are the lifeblood of your company. Their satisfaction – or lack thereof – can mean the difference between profit and loss for your company. That’s why you do your best to make them more successful and show them that your services are valuable.

You Need a Meeting Room Manager

Are you looking for ways to have more effective meetings? A meeting room manager may be the solution for you. Meetings are an important part of business. Meetings are where we make decisions, plan action, innovate and collaborate.

Is Your Travel Incentive Program a Disincentive Program?

When you plan a travel incentive program, what is your objective? To create a motivational tool that will enhance productivity or achieve a certain business objective. As a motivational tool, a travel incentive program rewards your top performers with a trip in a memorable way and meaningfully recognizes their achievements. In order for an incentive … Continued

Where is the best place to hold a business conference?

We all know that one of the best ways to nurture teamwork and foster innovation is to hold inspiring and productive company meetings. Beyond inviting the right speakers, creating amazing presentations and showing off with various technological bells and whistles, the meeting venue selection goes a long way toward creating company solidarity. That is why … Continued

8 Ways to Increase Engagement during a Conference Call

When people aren’t engaged, they’ll find something else to do. Professionals lose 31 hours per month to unproductive meetings. According to Wolf Management Consultants, LLC a whopping 91% of professionals admit to daydreaming during meetings. 73% percent go as far as working on other projects during meetings. You can easily imagine how these percentages can … Continued