Monthly Archives: February 2010

Where’s Waldo The Supplier?

Imagine the typical conference scene depicting hundreds of people at a convention center doing a variety of interesting meeting and tradeshow things. Now consider this image is a hand drawn double page spread in large children's book. Your task as the reader is to find Waldo, the supplier and exhibitor, at the event hidden in the group. ...

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Baseball, Children’s Counting Rhymes And Virtual Events

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe Face-To-Face or Virtual Go My mother told me To pick the very best one And you are [not] it. Often when meeting professionals consider whether to offer a face-to-face or virtual event, they feel as if the choice is best made by using a children's counting rhyme. You ...

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Is Your (High-Tech) Networking Working?

When used properly, high-tech networking can increase the quantity and quality of professional connections. But to accomplish this, you’ll need an ‘Extreme Networking’ technology strategy — which starts weeks before and culminates in the face-to-face event. Helping grow a participant's professional network ...

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Conference Organizers: Let’s Do The Time Warp Again

It's so dreamy, oh fantasy free me So you can't see me, no not at all In another dimension, with voyeuristic intention Well-secluded, I see all With a bit of a mind flip You're there in the time slip And nothing can ever be the same You're spaced out on sensation, like you're under sedation Let's do the Time Warp again!

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Is It Our (De)-Fault To Distance Ourselves From The Meeting’s Content And Programming?

What event professional do you know that takes full responsibility for the entire attendee experience at their face-to-face event or meeting? What would meetings and events look like if meeting professional's quit blaming others for the content, programming and experience of the event? For the past ...

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