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 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
Wednesday,February 3rd, 2010I am really fired up about this weekend’s (Saturday, 2/6) Event Camp 2010 at the Roger Smith Hotel in New York City. An intimate group, nearly 50 people, are registered to attend this cutting edge event. While the attendance numbers are not huge the quality of participants is amazing. For those of you familiar [...] Print This Post
Sunday,January 17th, 2010I have frequenetly discussed, in my blog articles, a Twitter Hashtag group called #Eventprofs. Without a doubt this group has been the center of my social media attention over the past year. Several members of this community, including myself, are collaborating on a project to produce an “Event Camp” for Event Professionals. This cutting-edge [...] 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 [...] Print This Post
Friday,January 8th, 2010This article was my contribution to the recent Ebook, “Social Media For Events 2010: 7 Event Experts Weigh In On The Year Ahead Of Us,” created by Lara McCulloch-Carter. In 1982 a Grammy Award winning country/southern rock band, called “Alabama,” released a new song that, when heard nowadays, seems almost prophetic. Here’s a short [...] Print This Post
Wednesday,December 2nd, 2009A Collaborative Blog Post: Part Five I remember in my “wonder years” that my dad read the newspaper every single day. His routine was always the same; get up, make coffee, grab newspaper, drink coffee/read, sit on the throne/continue reading (a guy thing), get ready for work, go to work. Beginning in High school my [...] Print This Post
Tuesday,December 1st, 2009A Collaborative Blog Post: Part Four Our blog team took a stab at this topic in this fourth of five articles in a series created in a Google Wave. As most of you know by now I we [...] |
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