By the time you read this, I'll be back from giving a speech at TeleCon West, a major conference on e-learning in Anaheim, Calif. As you might expect from a technology conference, most of the sessions will focus on leading-edge technology and...

Electronic Pampering at Comdex EnvoyWorldWide didn't build its MessageBlaster service for the meetings market, but, hey, if the shoe fits... ...

Mark Theis has been named vice president of the convention division of the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau. Theis joined the SFCVB in 1990. He held management positions with the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau and the San...

A roundup of conference center originals whose inventiveness or unusual features remind us that learning environments don't have to be boring...

Event planner torture: The splendid city of Vienna (or Budapest, Paris, New Orleans, Brisbane ... you name the spot) awaits just outside your hotel room walls. You've got half a day to kill before you're off to the airport, but duty calls...

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Mark Theis has been named vice president of the convention division of the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau. Theis joined the SFCVB in 1990. He held management positions with the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau and the San...

I'm getting the ingredients together to make a buche de Noel to top off our Christmas dinner. It will not be simple. In fact, it will almost certainly be a total pain. This Yule cake, if it comes out right, looks like a log, right down to the...

Who Cares About e-Learning? If your e-course is more important to the sponsor than the trainee, you've got a problem...

As tech industry Goliaths push to make their versions of OFDM the standard for wireless communications, the Davids of OFDM, led by wily Wi-LAN Inc., have organized to fight back...