This time we mean it—Gala entries due Friday! Just a reminder that you have till Friday, Sept. 23, to send in your great entries for the Special Events Gala Awards. To qualify, the events must have taken place between Sept. 1, 2010, and Aug. 31, 2011. The info is all right here. Questions? Send an email here …

How-to for event mobile apps Statistics show that people who own a smartphone spend more time using apps on it than talking on it. So it just makes sense to develop a clever useful app for your event—and here's how to do it, courtesy of our sister publications group, MeetingsNet; just click here.