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 Saturday,March 6th, 2010Its amazing, in this new world of robust online technology, just how much there is to learn. Over the past year, I have personally spent quite a bit of time investigating the “ins and outs” of creating and producing online events, such as webinars and webcasts. It has been a rich educational experience. To [...] Print This Post
Friday,March 5th, 2010Earlier today PCMA (Professional Convention Management Association) hosted a webinar entitled “Engaging Attendees Today: How to Combine Virtual and Face-to-Face Meetings.“ As you may know this is a hot topic in the events business in 2010, and there were nearly 200ppl in attendance at the webinar. I facilitated the session, with fellow panelists Jeff [...] Print This Post
Sunday,February 28th, 2010Last week I attended two conferences simultaneously, one in Cancun, Mexico (MPI Meet Different) and the other in Santa Clara, Ca. (Virtual Edge Summit) Such is the life of a virtual traveler! While I certainly missed the face2face interaction at both events, the experience of navigating two conferences at the same time was [...] Print This Post
Saturday,February 27th, 2010Have you ever attended a Conference Keynote Session, and watched a speaker read their entire presentation from their laptop computer? Needless to say, it is not an energetic, or engaging experience! I’m thinking there must be some truth to the idea that, before God invented Tylenol PM, there was the “Robotic” Keynote Presentation. [...] Print This Post
Friday,February 26th, 2010About 10 days ago, I wrote an article which, in part, was critical of MPI (Meeting Professionals International) for deciding to charge “non-members” a hefty fee for their Virtual Access Pass (VAP) to the 2010 Meet Different Conference. (occurred in Cancun, Mexico this week) Learning can be Painful!! Putting aside my disagreement with MPI’s [...] Print This Post
Monday,February 22nd, 2010Well, the MPI (Meeting Professionals International) 2010 Meet Different Conference kicked off in great style on Sunday morning, with it’s opening General Session, featuring Jeremy Gutsche, Innovation expert & author of the popular book, “Exploiting Chaos.” For context, MPI’s event is taking place in Cancun, Mexico through Tuesday. Unfortunately I am not attending [...] Print This Post
Saturday,February 20th, 2010I had a lunch/meeting with two Experient colleagues this past week and our conversation really was terrific. At some point our discussion turned towards social media. (Imagine that) One of my colleagues referred to my enthusiasm for social media. Admittedly, I do have a passion for technology. In fact, I am fascinated by it. [...] Print This Post
Saturday,February 13th, 2010Some of you may recall last July (2009) MPI (Meeting Professionals International) rolled out a “Virtual Access Pass” (VAP) for its WEC (World Education Congress). The fee for this pass was $299.00 providing access to all their sessions virtually. This move caused quite a controversy in the Events community, because of the aggressively high [...] Print This Post
Monday,February 8th, 2010When I was in grade school, I was very active in an organization called “Indian guides.” I learned about the concepts of fellowship, camping and community-building activities. (including craft-making and community service) In the program we earned patches, for achieving various goals, such as “completing a nature hike,” or participating together in some [...] Print This Post
Thursday,February 4th, 2010It is hard to believe the big day has finally arrived. Tomorrow morning I board a flight at O’Hare to New York City. I am headed to Event Camp 2010. As I mentioned in yesterday’s article this “Unconference” will feature some of the finest “outside of the box” thought leaders in the events business, [...] |
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