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WHAT'S SPINNING ON YOUR CD PLAYER? “Love Lives On,” a CD my husband found for me. It's the New York City Gay Men's Chorus from around 1991. I'd had a tape of it and worn it out. It's a wonderful blend of classics including “Tuxedo Junction” and “Isn't It Romantic?” and other songs I love: “Another Hundred People” and “Old Friend.” It makes me smile, laugh, and cry and remember dear friends.
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IF YOU COULD BE A SUPERHERO, WHAT SUPER POWER WOULD YOU WANT? The ability to help people learn to think and feel compassion, to be used to better the world.
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IT'S TIME FOR A SECOND CAREER; WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE? I am [already] in my third career — moving from meetings logistician to strategist to a facilitator of process. If I were to choose another and could read Hebrew, it would be rabbi.
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WHAT'S THE BEST BOOK YOU READ IN THE PAST YEAR? I have to have two: Daniel Pink's A Whole New Mind — it helps open one's mind to possibilities — and Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder, the history of philosophy in novel format. Fascinating and enlightening. Both open up lots of conversation.
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WHO INSPIRES YOU? All those who, during the Holocaust, risked their lives to save Jews and others from being murdered. This quote makes me think of them: “I wondered why somebody didn't do something. Then I realized I am somebody.” — anonymous
Joan L. Eisenstodt, chief strategist, Eisenstodt Associates, LLC, Conference Consulting, Facilitation & Training, is a 2004 CIC Hall of Leaders inductee, moderator of the MIMList, a hospitality/meeting industry listserv, and an active member of several meeting industry associations.
