Dig Deep this Holiday Season
This Christmas, my older two children are writing their own wish-lists. In years past, I’ve asked them to simply tell me what they wished for so I could write it [...]
Content is KING!
This time of year, I find myself looking at a lot of websites. First off, I live in rural Montana, which is beautiful and everything outdoor I could ever [...]
The best is yet to come
In the last year, Meetings Northwest has worked with two dynamic entities to continue the success of their annual/biennial events. Our first, a support institution to Montana Manufacturers, Montana [...]
Flies at Dinner
Everyone has those stories of events or projects, big or small, professional or personal, which just don’t quite live up to expectation. Overall, someone from the outside, like [...]
2017 Forbes No. 5 Most Stressful Job – Event Coordinating – It’s Not All Peaches and Cream
When people ask me what I do and I answer event coordinating; I always get the response, "I bet that is fun!" You can just see the visions in their [...]
Paperless Event? Yes, We did it!
Just two years ago, I started a conversation with one of our traffic engineering groups about doing a paperless annual meeting. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it [...]
What is Your Favorite Summer Activity – Volunteering?
When you think of summer, what are the first words that come to mind - vacations, swimming, book lists, camping, family time? These are certainly some my favorite activities [...]
Systematically Tackling Summer Home Projects
We are starting August and our family calendar is already scheduled out to Christmas vacation! Summer vacation…. Aack ….. Where did you go?!?!?! I am sure I am not [...]
Reaching new clients in 2018
In my last job, I would laugh every time the phone directory would call and ask us to advertise in the Yellow Pages. I would go back and forth with [...]
Want a 3:1 ROI? Think Employee Wellness
Summer is right around the corner and for many of us that means sloughing the winter fluff put on from being indoors and indulging in holiday goodies from Halloween to [...]
