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| Located in the Kansas City metro, Overland Park offers meeting planners and their attendees the perfect blend of metropolitan amenities and suburban hospitality. The Overland Park Convention Center offers 237,000 square feet of meeting space and is within close proximity to 36 hotels (5200 rooms). And in 2014, Prairiefire will open as a premier museum and entertainment district ideal for off-site banquets, special events and teambuilding activities sure to wow your attendees. |
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The Best Speakers Leave a Lasting Impression
We have all been witness to public speakers who are entertaining in ‘the moment’ but fail to make a lasting mark on our personal or professional psyches. They are the living equivalent of an enjoyable romantic comedy flick that makes you laugh a bit while viewing...
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Visit Oakland takes its show on the road
Earlier this month, Meetings Focus spent an afternoon with Visit Oakland, as the CVB celebrated the opening of its new welcome center in Jack London Square and launched a rebranding. From our San Francisco office, it's a quick jaunt on the San Francisco Bay Ferry to Jack London – one of Oakland's dining and culture hubs...
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Markus Savaglio
The Abbey Resort & Spa
Fontana, Wisconsin |
Are there any quirky places we should check out?
Given that The Abbey’s the only full-service resort on the lake, I always recommend taking advantage of seeing Lake Geneva’s U.S. Mailboat Tour, which was featured on the TODAY Show and CNN. The U.S. Mailboat is the only marine mail delivery of this kind in the United States...
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| Corporate Social Responsibility |
• Contact (by phone AND e-mail) several preferred organizations to explain your idea/cause/client, etc.
• Establish a back-up plan! If you’re planning on being outside, it could rain!
• Conduct a briefing with all participants. Be sure you’ve scheduled an organization representative to speak to the group, giving an overview of how this project will benefit the charity. |
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