I was setting up in a hurry for a meet and greet. It was a generic hotel ball room, subdivided into bland breakout rooms. Airwall to the left, airwall to the right. Airwall in front. There were a few round tables scattered about, with slightly stained hotel tablecloths hanging a bit askew. A few chairs […]
It was an exclusive executive party in Orlando, Fl. An early spring had sprung, and big, puffy clouds scooted overhead. The brick courtyard stretched in back of the five-star hotel; French doors spilled participants onto a manicured garden. High top tables with tiny tea candles and long white cloths dotted the patio, and a portable […]
The ballroom at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas stretched around me. Gaudy Louis XIV chandeliers hung from the ceiling and glittered against the mirrored walls. Around the perimeter of the ballroom waited a single file of participants, snaking around and out the double mirrored doors, stanchions keeping everyone in a tight neat line. In […]
As the months tick by under the shadow of COVID-19, and schedules are still on hold, it’s easy to think our time as event professionals has ended. It’s hard to remain hopeful when you look at the news. Daily your bank account shrinks, and politicians either focus on their re-election, or worry about the postal […]