MIT Endicott House Blog
Warning: Meeting Planner Red Flags
Using a meeting planner or an event planner? You have no choice but to find someone with experience and exceptional professionalism to work their magic. Ideally, this person will handle all of the logistics and details— everything needed for a flawless meeting or...
Creativity at a Conference Venue
Here at the Endicott House one of our top priorities as a conference venue is giving our guests the best possible distraction-free environment in which to work, plan or grow together as a team. We have many groups book meetings here with goals related to increasing...
Team Retreat Success Factors
Working on teams is essential to getting things done, but challenges can arise from the very thing that makes them valuable: different points of view! The more diverse the group is, the harder it is to stay connected. The next time you stay with us here at the...
Making the Most of Your Meeting Space
The staff and management of your company have some important issues to discuss, and you are considering offsite corporate meeting space to go over these issues in a private and secluded environment. You are contemplating the pros and cons of this move- you might be...
Corporate Events: Time to Celebrate!
So, you’re in charge of planning a celebratory corporate event or departmental appreciation day. Accomplishing this feat takes patience and planning- leave nothing to chance if you can help it! We’ve hosted many, many parties and celebratory corporate events here at...
How Meeting Spaces Affect Productivity
When considering a venue for your next conference, retreat or offsite meeting, it's important to understand how the space you choose sets you up for success or just another meeting. The overall atmosphere of the place including the furniture, layout, decorations and...
Questions event planners should ask
The first step an event planner should take in finding the perfect venue is ask a lot of questions! The main question you need to have answered falls under this one: Can this venue handle my event? Here are some questions to help you identify what you really need in...
Event Planning: When Should I Start Working on my Next Event?
Event planning has a lot of moving parts, so having enough time is essential. But when should you start to plan your event? Answer? It’s never too soon to start! The time to plan events varies from a few weeks to years. If your event is small, you can probably put...
Why is Company Celebration Important?
From popular culture to plain old reality, everyone is familiar with the old trope: the proverbial Company Party. Whether it’s the winter holidays, Fourth of July or the company’s anniversary, corporate celebrations tend to be trapped by cliches of chaos on sitcoms...
Five Ways to Ruin Your Next Meeting
You are running your meetings wrong, but how to fix it might surprise you. “Let’s have a meeting” is typically met with groans and grumbling. And for good reason. In national surveys, business executives consider 67% of meetings failures and 92% of meeting attendees...