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Meeting Etiquette That Will Make You a Gold Star Attendee!
We know that AMA Executive Conference Center blog readers aren’t always the meeting planner…sometimes they’re the meeting attendee! Being a good meeting guest is just as important a task as is planning a meeting. To help you become the attendee that gets a ‘gold star’ for being both professional and productive we’re sharing 5 etiquette tips on the blog today:
5 Best Apps and Programs To Help You Manage Email In 2020
New studies have revealed that emails take up as much as 28% to 50% of a professional's time in the office. Emails often have a negative impact on one's attention, emotions and productivity. Here are 5 best email apps to help you avoid these challenges!
The Human Element: San Francisco’s 2020 RSA Conference
The RSA Conference is coming back to the AMA in San Francisco, and the theme this year is the Human Element. Humanity is the most powerful and comprehensive force in fighting cyber threats, and the RSA offers a unique opportunity to learn about advancements in the field with experts hailing from nearly every corner of the world. This meeting of the minds is an indispensable experience for professionals looking to become vanguards in forging new standards for cyber safety.
Fight Procrastination: Tips for #MeetingProfs
For professionals working in the meeting and events industry, demanding deadlines and challenging client requests are part of the job. Staying on target often means resisting the urge to put things off. Fighting procrastination is crucial in the journey to getting things done.
AMA Is Now New York City’s Largest Conference Center
AMA Executive Conference Centers, a leading provider of professional meeting and conference spaces, announces the completion of a 13,000 square foot expansion and renovation project of two floors of the New York Center. This Center is now over 90,000 square feet and features 43 meeting rooms in total – making it the largest conference center located in New York City.
Five Tips To Help You Perfect The Art Of Thinking On Your Feet
Experienced event planning and meeting professionals know that it is impossible to plan for everything. Even with weeks of preparation, a talented support team, and multiple contingency plans, it is inevitable that something – a last-minute change, a weather event, or an unreasonable request from a client – will derail your carefully laid plans, even if only temporarily.
The San Francisco International Airport Serves AMA San Francisco
The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is one of the busiest airports in the United States: more than fifty million passengers make their way through its gates each year. SFO is in an optimal location for visits to the West Coast and those visiting the AMA San Francisco Executive Conference Center. It’s also convenient for flights to and from Asia, and an ideal departure airport for mainland Americans traveling to the Hawaiian Islands.
Top Leadership TED Talks To Listen To During Your Work Commute
TED Talks have given professionals around the world the opportunity to ascertain knowledge from a wide variety of people, all of whom have "ideas worth spreading." These talks are short, accessible, and offer great insight into a variety of topics, particularly for busy leaders looking to expand their skill set. Here are a few of our favorite leadership TED Talks that are perfect for morning and afternoon commutes!
Fabulous Times Square is the Heart of New York City
If you find yourself in New York’s Times Square for a meeting at the AMA Executive Center, you are in luck. It is a bevy of excitement and a neon world of energy. The streets teem with crowds representing nations from all over the world. It is an irresistible hub of interesting venues and activities. Here are a few must-see Times Square destinations.
Tips to Help You Manage Your Remote Team
The internet is such an important and useful tool that many businesses are quickly learning to use it to their full advantage. One thing that has emerged recently is hiring remote workers, or employees who collaborate online with other team members who are in other cities or countries. It allows businesses to hire talent from all around the world, save travel costs, and offer employees a more flexible work schedule. These are our top tips for managing a remote team:
Four Favorite Museums In AMA Conference Center Cities
The opportunity to explore and enjoy a wide range of visual arts – from traditional media to contemporary approaches – is one of the best parts of traveling and visiting different cities. For example, Atlanta, New York City, San Francisco and Washington D.C. , in addition to hosting our AMA Executive Conference Centers, also are four of the country’s prized cultural epicenters, offering an abundance of artistic experiences. We’ve narrowed the cultural cornucopias for each to present you with our team’s favorite museum in each city that is a must-see when you’re in town.
Menus for Meetings: Four Trends to Watch in 2020
Food trends are undoubtedly a focal part of our culture, and they are key to meeting the needs of customers across every industry. As we enter a new decade in 2020, we can expect to see many such trends that will cause shifts for meeting planners as they strive to support their clients' needs.
Ahhh…The Benefits of Relaxation!
Stress is a fact of life in the modern-day workplace. Although some stress may encourage growth and development and may challenge employees to perform to the best of their abilities, constant stress can have a very negative effect on a person's health. There are quite a few conditions that have a strong link to stress, such as heart disease, asthma, obesity, diabetes, depression, and headaches. It's important to build rest and relaxation into our lives and patterns – not just on National Relaxation Day, but every day.
How to Incorporate Pantone’s 2020 Color of the Year Into Your Meeting
Recently, Pantone announced Classic Blue as its 2020 Color of the Year. Here are ways meeting and conference planners can incorporate Classic Blue into their meetings and events!
Planning Steps To Move Your 2020 Meeting Forward
‘Big picture’ is the most important thing to consider first – that includes details such as agenda, venue, speakers, food, setup and time of day. We’ve seen that a meeting that is ill-planned will not only impact the planner, but it also negatively influences the goal and purpose of the meeting. Agendas must have a purpose and flow, speakers must impress the attendees, and food must be plentiful and items that the guests enjoy. When essential elements go wrong your meeting can take a fast lane to unproductive-town. Below are a few suggestions from our team on how you can plan for your meeting’s essential elements to go right!
12 Top Rinks To Visit in 4 AMA Center Cities This December
We've chosen top ice-skating rinks in each of our AMA Executive Conference Center cities to help you take full advantage of the next visit. You can always find an hour or two to do some ice-skating, can't you?
Three Ways to Manage Your Stress During the Holidays
Holidays are made fun with lively music and decor, opportunities to visit friends and families, and, of course, time off from work. But let’s face it, winter holidays can also be extremely stressful, more than any other time of year.
So how can you take charge of your workday and ease the pressure of this time of year? Here are a few strategies to help you enjoy the year right up to the end, frazzle-free.
Getting Your Team Back On Track After The Holidays
It’s not easy to come back to work motivated after a fun season of holiday cheer, short weeks, and festive distractions. Suddenly workdays seem longer and Friday is so far away. Your team is probably in a slump now that the holiday parties and Secret Santas are gone until next year, so you’ll want to do your part to fight away those post-holiday blues. Consider these 5 tips to get your staff motivated in the new year:
Making The Task of Decision-Making Easier
As soon as we're old enough to understand what options are, we're faced with the tasks of making decisions. At any age decisions can seem like the most daunting exercise. We're sharing education in three areas that can help you to make the task of decision-making easier.
3 TED Talks on Goal Setting and Achievement
It seems we've been doing things all wrong. When setting goals, we've been molded into focusing on the goal, gaining rewards for good behavior. No matter what the goal is we're trying to attain, it seems to be a universal model we've adapted; focus, carrots, sticks. While this approach may work in a couple different scenarios, in the overall scheme of things, they don't work at all. The whole point of setting a goal is to achieve results. The following TED Talks give insight to unique perspectives on just how to do so.