PLANNING
Visionary Minnesota Planners Reimagine Meetings
Whenever a trail needs to be blazed, you can trust Minnesotans to get the job done. That’s true in a number of sectors, but...
Triumphant Tech
Event planning is a tad complicated sometimes. Managing every step of the process—from scheduling and registration to event promotion and postevent surveying—can give even...
VR for Planners
EideCom, an event-production company based in Minneapolis, has rolled out EideVision, a new virtual reality (VR) technology that uses VR headsets and software to...
Let Them Eat Lingonberries: Scandinavian Gifts
Ingebretsen’s Nordic Marketplace spans four storefronts at its flagship location in South Minneapolis, selling Scandinavian and Minnesotan gifts, beverages, and foods. Karl Ingebretsen opened...
Red Wing Elegance
When Angela Swanson, CEO and owner of The Signature Suite in Red Wing, opened her venue last November, her vision was for a boutique,...
Master the Art of Contract Negotiation
When it comes to negotiating successful contracts for meetings and events, Therese Jardine, CEO of Strategic Event Procurement in Seattle, has an analogy: “Sending...








