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    Saturday,March 6th, 2010

    Five Learning Lessons of Producing a Webinar

    Its 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 [...]

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    Friday,March 5th, 2010

    Engaging Attendees Today: A PCMA Webinar Recap

    Earlier 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 [...]

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    Sunday,February 28th, 2010

    Virtual Attendees are Real People Too! - 5 Mistakes with Hybrid Events

    Last 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 [...]

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    Saturday,February 27th, 2010

    The Robotic Keynote Session - How to Put Your Audience to Sleep!

    Have 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.  [...]

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    Monday,February 22nd, 2010

    Meet Different - Exploiting Chaos with Disruptive Innovation!

    Well, 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 [...]

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    Saturday,February 13th, 2010

    MPI Virtual Access Pass - Forward Thinking or Short-Sighted??

    Some 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 [...]

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    Thursday,February 4th, 2010

    Event Camp Here I Come!

    It 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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    Sunday,December 6th, 2009

    5 Tips for A Successful Hybrid Meeting!

    Has your organization scheduled a Hybrid Meeting sometime in the near future?  If so, what guidance are you providing to your speaker (s) to prepare them for this style of event?  This is an important issue that must be addressed to ensure success with your program.

    For those of you not familiar with Hybrid [...]

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    Tuesday,November 17th, 2009

    Google Wave For Meetings & Events — An Early Look!

    Many of you read my article published on Sunday providing you a first look at the new web 2.0 tool Google Wave.  To view that article please click here.  I came across a very solid EBook, “The Complete Guide to Google Wave,” written by Gina Trapani with Adam Pash.  The book’s title is [...]

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    Tuesday,October 27th, 2009

    Hybrid Events — What is the Revenue Model?

    In August I published an article entitled “Hybrid Events — Whats All the Buzz?”  Interestingly that article generated more interest than any I have written since I started this blog in April.  The concept of incorporating Hybrid events into conferences is gaining a lot of traction across the Meetings and Events industry.

    In the [...]