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Connect To The New Social Nervous System Or Become Roadkill

Tweet “What is transpiring is momentous, nothing less than the planet wiring itself a new nervous system.  If your organization is not linked into this nervous system, you will be hard pressed to participate in the planet’s future. To be more specific, amidst the texting and Twittering and Facebooking of a generation of digital natives,…

What Dr. Seuss, Horton The Elephant, Oprah And Conferences Have In Common

Tweet “We are here. We are here. We are here,” cried the Whos of Who-ville. “Boil that dust speck! Boil that dust speck! Boil! Boil! Boil!” chanted the Wickersham brothers. Horton The Elephant Most people know the story of Horton the Elephant. Horton hears a small speck of dust talking to him. Amazingly, that small…

Who Is The Conscience Of Your Conference?

Tweet A thin, transparent sheet of ice is how I would describe some of today’s annual meetings and conferences. The line between education, promotion and sales has blurred. That ice cracks as attendees experience conference sessions that have been sold to the highest bidder. Sponsored education sessions have become blatant promotions of services and products….

9 Ways To Create Irresistible Attraction

Tweet Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.  ~ Albert Einstein Gravitational attraction can draw others to you like a magnetic force. Irresistible Gravitational Attraction Attraction. Advertisers sell it. Companies market it. Media flaunts it. We all want it. We try to get it. We all have difficulty creating and maintaining it….

From The Mixed-Up Files Of Association Conference Misguided Behavior

Tweet It was an opening general session with a marquee headliner. I was anxious to hear him. The session started to great fanfare and hoopla. The Minute By Minute Replay Fifteen minutes later, I felt like I was watching those hideous commercials that theaters play before the movie trailers start. I was Waiting For Godot….