With a skittish economy and the specter of corporate downsizing starting to rear its head once more, meeting planners can do themselves a favor by embracing the idea of becoming more of a strategic partner in the organizations they serve.
While industry associations such as MPI, with its Global Corporate Circle of Excellence and various white papers, have been doing their part to emphasize the need for developing a strategic skill set, we thought it would be interesting to poll corporate planners to see what best practices they employ.
Our “Strategic Partners” story, features the results from that poll, as well as responses from planners.
Also, if you haven’t already, please drop everything and go to www.meetingstoday.com/awards to vote for your top 15 hotels and resorts as part of our annual Best of the West Awards.
The clock’s ticking, as May 15 is the deadline. Who knows, maybe you will be the lucky winner of a $100 American Express gift certificate? And no, there will be no superdelegates in this nomination process.
