Unproductive meetings waste time and money. Each time a group meets there is a significant financial investment. The cost of off-site meetings can be particularly daunting. At Maryellen Lurie & Associates, Inc., we have a network of skilled meeting planners, on-site managers, and professional facilitators who know how to make the most of your investment and produce quality results.

ML&A, Inc. offers the following meeting services:

• Meeting and Event Planning
• On-site Meeting Management & Administrative Support
• Meeting Facilitation.

Meeting & Event Planning
Twenty years of experience "on-the-road" has significantly increased our familiarity with the best (and worst) hotels and conference centers around the world. We know how to determine your needs and to ensure that the conference facility meets them. Unlike most meeting planners, we do not take a commission from hotels or conference centers. We work directly for you. As a result, we can negotiate lower prices and pass the savings on to you! Our extensive training experience helps us to plan meetings and special events that exceed our customer's expectations.

On-Site Meeting Management and Administrative Support
How many people in your organization are willing to be "on call" all day (and every day) for your off-site events? Who will attend to the administrative needs of your senior executives? Which of your employees will be responsible for interfacing with the conference/hotel staff to ensure that every detail is handled properly? If you are having difficulty answering these questions, you are not alone! Leading companies around the globe rely on ML&A, Inc. to handle these challenges and more.

ML&A, Inc. will supply you with on-site meeting managers, and administrative assistants, who actually enjoy providing 24/7 support. We offer a full range of services to meet group needs of any size—and at every level of the organization. Is your next meeting overseas? Don't worry—our team is multi-lingual!

Meeting Facilitation
Whether you require a single facilitator for a strategy meeting or a team of facilitators for a corporate retreat, we can help. Our skilled facilitators bring impartial guidance to the group process. Professionally facilitated meetings boost morale, encourage participation from all attendees, create momentum, and achieve objectives. Unproductive meetings waste time, money, and talent. Our consultants understand corporate politics and human nature. We know how to avoid common meeting pitfalls and to ensure clear communication, enhanced performance, and innovative results. In these challenging times, can you afford to run another meeting that demotivates people and maintains the status quo?