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 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 read a couple of tweets this afternoon that really got me fired up. They were from someone who was very critical of the hashtag community”#Eventprofs.” I believe criticism, when delivered constructively, and accompanied with proposed solutions, is healthy. Here are the tweets (without User’s name) … you decide if they were appropriate or [...] 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, [...] Print This Post
Monday,February 1st, 2010I read an article today written by one of my online colleagues that was very timely. Lara McCulloch-Carter, in her Blog post “Ten Creative Crowdsourcing Ideas For Event Planners,“ offers some great insight into best practices, for leveraging the collective knowledge and creativity of your event audience. As Lara’s article stated, according to Wikipedia [...] Print This Post
Sunday,January 31st, 2010Earlier, this past week, I unfortunately injured my left wrist. Subsequently, the pain has been so intense, for the past several days, that I have not been able to use the keyboard on my computer. This morning it occurred to me there must be a speech recognition application available, that could facilitate my being [...] Print This Post
Monday,January 18th, 2010Are you doing business with someone you refer to as a “partner?” I hear business people use this word in conversation frequently, declaring they are working as partners, or in partnership with one organization or another. What does the word “partner”mean to you? I researched, from some online resources, definitions for the meaning of [...] Print This Post
Friday,January 15th, 2010I have met some extraordinary people online in the first year of my social media journey. Through these new connections I have learned the power of collaboration, and the magic of peer-to-peer learning. I have discovered a whole new world of interaction, enriched by a uniquely special network of Like-minded professionals. Using tools such [...] |
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