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The New Exhibit Hall – With Instructions
So, the always awesome Sue Pelletier commented on my Wednesday Post about “Using Space Effectively” at your conference or meeting. That m...
Registration Now Open! PlannerTech NY!
Excited doesn't even begin to describe how I feel about this awesome inaugural event. Liz Mazzei from Pogby, Christine Upton and I have c...
Short Film Friday: 3 x 3 x 3
Would you be able to live in a 3m x 3m x 3m space? A 10 foot cube? Take a tour of this Eco-house with Dr. Mike Page from the University o...
Sticky Sweet Spicy Chinese Takeout Chicken
If you have a hankering for Chinese takeout but can’t get it satisfied for some reason, you’ll love this recipe. It’s quick, really tasty...
e-News from Washington (May 6, 2011)
Trade deals are on the move again. More federal assistance has been given to manufacturers. House Democrats released their manufacturing ...
Blogging Elsewhere: Early May 2011
Next week I plan to go offline for an at-home retreat. I envision lots of reading, thinking, planning and creativity exercises. That mean...
10 Tips for Job Seekers
When seeking a job in the events industry, as with any profession, it is important to treat yourself like a business. Especially in this ...
Flickr photos from Lindsay Fultz
Grosh Backdrops posted a photo:
I'm so excited! My favorite Grosh Backdrops Campaign is back! Grosh Backdrops Gives Back! Together w...
Incentive Planning and Metrics
Very simply, without measurement, no meeting, incentive or exhibition can be judged for its effectiveness. Given the cost to plan and run...
Planners and Suppliers: Friends or…?
Is there a communication gap between planners and suppliers? And if there is, how do we bridge that gap so that teamwork can happen and e...
QR CODES VOOR EVENTS
Je ziet ze in Japan overal: QR codes. Je vindt ze op productverpakkingen, posters, visitekaartjes, printadvertenties, op televisie, in wi...
Flickr photos from Erica St. Angel
mediasite posted a photo:
Sonic Foundry's Tom Irons demos the Mediasite webcasting platform during the recent InfoComm conference in...
Book Review – Super Sad True Love Story
I aim to cover progressive approaches to business. Reviews of fictional works don’t usually qualify. However, a novel I just finished ...
Webinars: presentation or participation?
If we know that adult learners want active engagement in learning opportunities, why do so many webinar speakers still just “talk at” par...
Your Event Needs Refreshing
When you first started your event, conference, tradeshow or meeting, everything was new and exciting and bold and the sky was the limit. ...
Closing the Loop on Social Sustainability
Of the three pillars of sustainability—economic, environmental, and social—the social dimension is often the toughest to define, measure,...
Emilie Barta on Facebook
The International Home + Housewares Show is only 5 weeks away! I know this because I spent a day in Chicago this week with new client Int...
Do Associations Fear Failure?
Conor McNulty asked on Acronynm:
Are we conditioned to fear failure, rather than embrace it in the assocation landscape?
Even if w...
How To Buy A Smartphone
Aim for a fast 3G/4G phone with a good amount of memory.
I moved from a G1 to a G2 and the speed and memory were huge improvements and t...
Hot weather boosts pip fruit season
Stephen Darling, Pipfruit New Zealand director, said the hot weather had been good news for apples and other pip fruit. "Warm weather wil...
30-Days Tweet Sober: What I learned
The following is a guest blog by one of my dear Twitter friends Joyce. Welcome back!
Technology overhaul? Nope. Embarking on journey ...
Jodi Ray on Facebook
Photo Album Time from EventCamp --- Pretty cool tent for a meeting!101 Photos from EventCamp Twin Citiesblog.omnipress.comCheck out all 1...
Playing to strengths at SEA
By Lisa Kraus
It’s all well and good to encourage people to play to their strengths, but how do you reinforce that message as a conferenc...
Gary Krysler on Facebook
e-PRO® training will now be available in a classroom setting. Very cool. Also, the folks chosen to work on this are our own good friends ...
Falling Into Place!
This morning I woke up to the sound of wind howling violently outside and a thermometer that read 40-some degrees. “Oh, hello fall,” I th...
Building communities round events
The days are long gone when events were just events say top producers.
As Fairfax Media’s Julie Gill (one of the producers of CIO) sees...
"Deadwood: The Last Bleepin' Episode"
Hi friends! My friend Joseph Scrimshaw and Mr. Tom Poole have written a terribly funny show, and I get to be in it! Please come! You don'...
That's the price of a car!
The plumber was early. That's pretty awesome for a plumber to be. However, it was 8:35a.m., and I was still in bed, guessing I had at lea...
Hot Happenings this Week
Just in case you didn’t drink and eat enough this weekend, here are some more options for you to get your fill.
Tuesday, September 7: Vis...
I love my Mini-Trampoline
When I was a child my grandmother had a mini-trampoline. Whenever I would go to her house to visit I always headed straight to the tramp...
Philip Mergen on Facebook
Stay up to date with our Annual Criminal Defense Conference by subscribing to our Conference blog. (please note that registration is not ...
Grace White on Facebook
10 Mistakes People with ADD/ADHD Make Part 210 Mistakes People with ADD/ADHD Make Part 210 Mistakes People with ADD/ADHD Make Part 2
As p...
links for 2010-09-01
Working Exact Scale Replica of Noah's Ark opened In SCHAGEN, Netherlands
Working Replica of Noah's Ark opened In SCHAGEN, Netherlands ....
Curry Shrimp
This is the recipe my friend Christian prepared for our August Girls Night – the theme was Jamaican, and this dish was amazingly good! I...
Lara McCulloch-Carter on Facebook
Do you know why your customers buy from you? It's a really important question.http://www.ready2spark.com/2010/08/do-you-know-why-your-cus...
Susan Cope on Facebook
Tools to Manage Multiple Twitter AccountsI am a very busy event planner, and through out my day I need to manage multiple social media ac...
OCC Task Force Holding Open Consultations
The OCC is seeking your help understanding how businesses feel about red tape in the province. The government has committed to decreasing...
Transmedia Production Lab: Entry Deadline
In collaboration with Film Training Manitoba, the Transmedia Production Lab (TPL) was designed to explore the creative challenges of dev...
The Banquet of Champions 2010
Join us at our Star-Studded 2010 Induction Ceremonies. An inspiring evening to commemorate and honour those who will be inducted into the...
Derrick Stomp on Facebook
twoppy will revolutionize the eventworld by providing free online and mobile tools for event visitors and organizers. Contribute at www.t...
Thinking About Thinking at Events
I’ve been reading a few articles about neuroscience, thinking and just general distraction from the daily flow of information recently, i...
Make Your Phone Interactions Social
Photo by reallyboring http://www.flickr.com/photos/reallyboring/3371765186/sizes/m/in/photostream/
Everyone has a method to handling thei...
Choice CEO: Group Biz is Key Growth Area
Stephen Joyce, CEO of Choice Hotels International, talks about the franchisor's growth plans, group targets, and search for an upscale br...
Can you double as the food police?
If not, are you prepared to kill an attendee? Keith makes some excellent points about how a good risk manager takes the food prep into ac...
CME job boards
The economy may be on the upswing (that’s what they keep saying, anyway), but I know a lot of CME providers are still on the hunt for the...
Amazon to Customer: "Bugger Off"
So it started when Amazon blocked my Seller Account. They have restored it, but I won’t be a satisfied customer until someone from Amazo...
Cisco’s Virtual Experiment
A presentation on Cisco’s bold experiment to hold its annual global sales meeting virtually was one of the highlights at this week’s Even...
Cool Promotional Ideas: March/April 2010
Cool Promotional Ideas: March/April 2010
Lorenda Foster of Promote Your Message shares some fresh ideas you can use to promote your bus...
Fragmentation and Attention
As I cover various events for my Conference Bites website, I rely heavily on Twitter, Live Streams and various blogs. The maxim I used wh...
Jill Drury on Facebook
's feed: CD Twitter Feedrockrock: Music Update: I disagree with some of the choices or positions but here is the 100 best albums of the d...
A Chorus Line
In an empty theatre, casting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete. for seventeen dancers, this audition is the chance of a lifet...