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ConferenceDirect Announces Team Director of the Year
Doug Baarman receives award for top performance and leadership for fourth consecutive year Doug Baarman, Senior Vice President of Sales was recognized for the fourth year in a row as ConferenceDirect’s...
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Travel Industry Improvements
By Doug Baarman Every time I fly (which in the meetings and events industry is often), I am amazed with the overall flying experience and our challenge with making improvements. On a recent flight, I...
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Event Planners: What New Ideas Are You Bringing to Your Meetings and Events?
It is a new and exciting year in the meetings and events industry. As meeting planning professionals, we need to remain up-to-date on all the new trends and exciting ideas that are being implemented....
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Share Your Industry Insights with Future Meeting and Event Planners
After a long break, I went back to school…the Hospitality Management School at Ferris State University (FSU). I am a proud graduate of FSU and they invited me back to share with the students (primarily...
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Top 10 Reasons to Attend an Event – ConferenceDirect Annual Partner Meeting
Over the dates of April 19-22, 2015, the meeting and event professionals from ConferenceDirect will be gathering in Dallas, TX for their Annual Partner Meeting. The Top 10 Reasons I am looking forward...
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Can’t Get This Meeting Off My Mind
I got a meeting crush…hopefully this comment does not cause the same stir in the meetings and events industry that it did in country music for Little Big Town when they released their single; Girl...
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Meeting Planning Professionals: Giving Back Time and Expertise
As a veteran hospitality industry professional, I was recently asked to serve as a member of an advisory board for Ferris State University in Michigan, my alma mater. It is for the College of Business...
View ArticleDoug Baarman – ConferenceDirect’s Team Director of the Year for 2019
I want to thank our team for an amazing 2019. We accomplished great results for our clients, industry partners, ourselves and ConferenceDirect which this award recognizes. Although last year seems like...
View ArticleThe Hospitality Industry is Changing – So Is ConferenceDirect
The meetings and events industry is going through incredible changes as we work to emerge from the current health and financial crisis along with the social and political unrest. This has impacted our...
View ArticleMeeting Face to Face Again
A few weeks ago, two of our ConferenceDirect teams came together for an in-person meeting. Along with my counterpart Mike Ditter, we held a Team Baarman / Team Ditter joint team meeting with simple...
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