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What meeting and event professionals can learn from the Grateful Dead, by Keith Johnston at Meeting and Events Thoughts. Though I did draw some similar conclusions a while back in
this post.
If you're thinking about going virtual with a conference, check out these words of wisdom from C. David Gammel, CAE, president of High Context Consulting, LLC: ...
New from the Ritz-Carlton Chicago, via a press release: The Jewish deli Bento box lunch for meeting attendees. I can't figure out if this is super-creative and fabulous or just bizarre.
Just read this on Hotel Chatter: Hong Kong Hotel Quarantined Due to Swine Flu Case. What would you do if your meeting was being held there (and this could happen elsewhere, don't kid yourself)? Would the meeting go on? Seriously, what would you do...
Today is Melanoma Monday, a day set aside by the American Academy of Dermatology for awareness of this all-too-often deadly form of skin cancer. People often think of skin cancer as no big deal, and even melanoma is incredibly curable when caught...
After reading Ann Oliveri's Creative Brief post about the new ad for Shredded Wheat (you know, the "we put the NO in innovation" one), I can't help but wonder if sometimes a lack of innovation might not be a bad thing—which by the way is the...
Dan Parks just posted an interesting poll: Do you think we will still be talking/worried about the Swine (H1N1) Virus in 6 months? I'm in the minority who voted "yes," mainly because I think this will resurge in the fall for those of us in the...
I just read an AP story this morning about how the Meredith Grey-Derek Shepherd wedding-to-be (from the TV show Grey's Anatomy and yes, I admit I watch it avidly) has its own Web site. I know, I know, pretty dorky and it has nothing to do with...