Reading Time: 4 minutesHolding offsite employee meetings throughout the year is imperative. They are considered essential not only for team building and innovation but also for developing and reinforcing a healthy company culture. Learn more here:
Reading Time: 3 minutesWell-planned incentive trips pay off. Incorporate these 3 factors into the itinerary to give travelers powerful experiences that leave a lasting impression:
Reading Time: 4 minutesFlorence, Italy is home to art masterpieces, natural beauty, and fascinating history. If you are wondering where to start when planning an incentive trip or meeting, you are in luck. This comprehensive guide will help participants fall in love with Florence.
Reading Time: 5 minutesA growing number of companies are using drones to take exciting aerial footage of their outdoor meetings. Find out the reasons why and get tips for hiring a good drone photographer.
Reading Time: 4 minutesLeadership can take measures to ride out company crises much like white water rafters ride out intense rapids. Knowing your team members, and how they work together, is key. Read about strategies, based on this concept, to steer your organization safely to shore.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDecisionmakers want to see ROI, not KPIs, when evaluating the budget for future corporate meetings. ROI is the fulfillment of the promise made by KPIs. Find out how to build meeting KPIs that will demonstrate ROI.
Reading Time: 7 minutesMeeting planners not only deliver a comprehensive skill set but bring a toolkit of essentials to pull off a successful corporate event. Learn the 11 essential items every meeting planner must have in their event kit and why they are so important.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGavel International, a leading incentive travel and meeting planning company, will participate in the worldwide observance of Global Meetings Industry Day (#GMID2024) on April 11, 2024.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith many companies feeling the need to cut costs, it is easy to assume that travel incentives should be on the chopping block. Yet, investing in travel incentives keeps employees motivated and engaged. Here are 3 reasons why travel incentives are a good investment.
Reading Time: 4 minutesDistractions prevent nearly 61% of employees from focusing on their work, even for just an hour or two at a time. This is especially true for meetings. Thankfully, you can implement these strategies to keep attendees focused and interested during meetings.
Reading Time: 4 minutesConflict competency is a management skill that involves skillfully handling dissimilarities between co-workers to leverage differences as a catalyst for new ideas. Learn 5 strategies for creating a conflict competent workplace.
Reading Time: 7 minutesCollaboration, personalization, and inclusivity are key for successful face-to-face meetings. Learn what offsite corporate meeting budgets should include here:
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn-person meeting budgets are on the rise which is no surprise since they add tremendous value. Learn two items that should be factored into a modern face-to-face meeting budget:
Reading Time: 4 minutesHave you audited your safety and security policy for meetings and events? Learn how to review it to prevent and mitigate risks before they happen!
Reading Time: 5 minutesWeaponized incompetence is when a worker acts ignorant or incapable to avoid doing certain tasks. Left unchecked, these deceptions threaten harm to company culture. Use these tips to identify and effectively combat strategic incompetence.
Reading Time: 6 minutesAs with any other form of technology, there are both pros and cons to using artificial intelligence (AI) for meeting content. Here are several savvy ways to leverage AI for offsite meeting content, along with the benefits and drawbacks of each.
Reading Time: 4 minutesB2B buyer personas should be based on the challenges of your target audience. What problems do they need to solve in their industry or role? Use these techniques to identify the pain points of your target audience and create accurate buyer personas.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAn effective travel incentive program, one that truly inspires employees to work harder, offers many benefits for employee engagement and performance. That said, it must be planned and executed carefully to be effective. Learn the key attributes of travel incentive programs that inspire employees.
Reading Time: 5 minutesUnderperforming employees can adversely affect your company. Poor team performance costs businesses an estimated $15.5 million per year on average. Learn 6 of the main reasons why employees underperform – and get solutions to remedy the problem.
Reading Time: 3 minutesCreating an open-minded workplace culture is a highly effective way to improve employee engagement through better teamwork and problem solving. Get details on why it is so effective and tips on how to achieve it.