THE SAN DIEGO GUIDE TO MEETING TECHNOLOGY
Author: E.J. Siwek, CMP

Welcome
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 Meeting Logistics
Technology tools for site selection, inspections, and RFPs smooth the process.
CHAPTER 2 Registration, Housing, and Destination Management
Here is the latest in registration systems, badging and ticketing, online housing systems, and destination services.
CHAPTER 3 Meeting Management
Project management, financial management, and marketing management … how do you put them all together?
CHAPTER 4 Content Management and Delivery
Four technologies — file management, document management, digital asset management, and knowledge management — help control the flood of information.
Home Office Technology
CHAPTER 5 Exhibitions
Here are strategies for navigating convention center technology, on-site communications, and virtual trade shows.
Meeting Evaluation Technology
CHAPTER 6 Assessing Options for Meeting Delivery
Discover the remote work tools of virtual meetings and distance learning, plus a technology dictionary.
Selecting Travel and Event Technology
CHAPTER 7 Audience Communications
Expand your technology skill set with e-marketing, hand-held technology, and audience response.
CHAPTER 8 Audiovisual Advances
Continuing Advancements in Technology Drive New, Accessible Options
Resources Meeting Technology Resources

About the Writer
E.J. Siwek, CMP, is president and founder of FLASHpoint Technologies, LLC, and technology editor of Convene. He is a frequent presenter on meeting industry technologies issues. Previously, he was president and founder of SCLM Software, Inc., a designer of meeting management software including Meeting Matrix, and director of operations for the Juran Institute, where he was responsible for 150 annual meetings.
mailto:ej@flashpointtech.com

About the Sponsor
Bordered by the Pacific Ocean, the Anza-Borrego Desert, the Laguna Mountains, and Mexico, San Diego — the second largest city in California — features more than 50,000 sleeping rooms in 492 properties throughout 12 meeting regions. Learn more about this year-round destination from the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau, phone: (619) 232-3101; fax: (619) 231-9783; Web site: http://www.sandiego.org/.

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