There are many ways to use technology to expand the reach of your programming, but a webcast can really bring the presentation experience directly to your members.  The term webcast is often used loosely to describe a range of web-based presentations, but for the purposes of this article, a webcast refers to a recorded video of the presentation, accompanied by the presenter’s PowerPoint presentation. 

To prepare the webcast, the presentation is digitally recorded.  Some vendors use a technology that allows them to feed the video, audio and PowerPoint/computer data directly into a final

Featured Destination – Destination Halifax – Smart City  

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is a vibrant, eclectic city rich in culture and history. It’s no wonder CNN named it as one of North America’s 12 perfect places. The working-age population of Halifax has the highest proportion of graduates from a trade school, college, or university in Canada. Greater Halifax is home to six degree granting (4-year) universities, providing a full range of high-quality post-secondary options to more than 30,000 students. Many of the meetings and conventions coming to Halifax have ties to the Universities and/or the world class heath-care facilities.

One example of the fantastic research occurring in the region is the Brain Repair Centre, a multidisciplinary

The Hyland Group is pleased to announce two exciting additions to The Hyland Group portfolio!

The Bolger Center prides itself on being one of the largest conference and training facilities in the Washington, DC area.  With 70,000 square feet of space, 2 computer labs, and almost 80 meeting rooms to offer, the center can manage groups of up to 500 attendees.  Mail and courier services, high-tech meeting technology, and Business Center staff to aid with administrative details make the Bolger Center a perfect destination for your metropolitan Washington, DC area desired program.

Oak Ridge Conference Center is nestled in 130 wooded acres on scenic Lake McKnight in Chaska, MN; located just 30 minutes from downtown Minneapolis and the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport. With 35 meeting rooms (22,000 square feet of meeting space), including our newly expanded McKnight Ballroom with 3,205 square feet of meeting space, 147 guestrooms including executive and junior suites, wireless high-speed internet service, Ropes Challenge Course for teambuilding. Oak Ridge Hotel and Conference Center has also won the following awards:  Best Conference Center (2002-2005); Best Team Building Facility (2002, 2003); Catering Manager of the Year (2005), Best Fitness Center (2006), and Dolce International’s Best Service (2003, 2005).

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From Left to Right:
Amber Levy, The Hyland Group;
Mike Yerigan, Vail Valley CTB;
Cornelia Horner, CMP, Croplife America

For the first time in its 92-year history, the Washington, D.C.-based Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI) brought its annual conference of convention and tourism industry leaders to the Lone Star State, and to Austin, in particular.  The Annual Convention took place July 19 through 22 and a good time was had by all!

Courtyard and Residence Inn by Marriott arrive side by side in Downtown Austin. Unique Hotels set to open in August with inviting and distinctive comforts. For more information, click here.

Production is under way for an Austin-based reality TV show called "Heat." It's a food program — sort of "'Hell's Kitchen,' 'Survivor' and 'Apprentice' all rolled into one," says David Bull, executive chef of the Driskill Hotel. He is producing the show with the Great American Film Project, a nonprofit agency dedicated to the education and promotion of aspiring student filmmakers. In the pilot episode of "Heat," 12 kitchen newbies are chosen to read a menu and then cook dinner for 20, with the assistance of Bull and his sous chef Josh Watkins, who critique the dishes. Students vote on who gets fired, although the chef can veto the vote. "It's 100 percent unscripted," says Bull, and each episode will have a different meal challenge.

Nicki Grossman, president of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, has been elected Chair Elect of VISIT FLORIDA in 2006-2007 and the Chair of VISIT FLORIDA for 2007-2008 — the first-ever convention and visitors bureau official to chair VISIT FLORIDA in its 10-year history.

Cynay Smith, associate director of sales at Semiahmoo Resort, was recently named Associate Member of the Year by the Washington Society of Association Executives (WSAE). The award recognizes Smith’s leadership and involvement within the Washington association community.

The CBS Early Show is hitting the road for “The Great American Vacation,” and they picked the Spokane as one of their 16 nationwide stops! CBS News weather anchor Dave Price visited with Spokane residents on June 30th.

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