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This one is maddeningly addictive: When you open this web page, a ball will be dangling from your cursor. When you move the cursor, the ball moves too. Flip the ball around and try to click on it--if you get it, the ball will change color. ...

I used to write about this a fair amount when I was with Medical Meetings magazine--that is, giving voice to the other side, in that case, the patients. Docs always hear from each other at conferences, but not so much from those they treat. In...

I recently heard that many people who plan meetings/conferences/conventions, particularly on the corporate side, find being called a meeting planner demeaning. They'd rather be called meeting executive or meeting manager. Is this true? I know...

Now that airlines are charging for checking first, second, and third bags (and just wait, carry-on probably will carry a fee as well, the way things are going), Wired did a little calculating and found that, in some cases, it's cheaper to ship...

While it's not about meetings, if you're in an association, you should check out this post by Ben the Certified Association Executive: As long as people don't really care, associations will survive. ...

Cindy relates the tale of an association that found something from their meeting on YouTube that they really, really didn't want to be out there for the world to see. This is exactly the thing I talked about in this editorial from Association...

If you're looking for images, music, or other items that often are copyrighted and not free for use in a public forum (like your meeting), look into Creative Commons, an organization that "provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists...

I wasn't going to go here, but I can't resist: Fish pedicures. Yup, for just a few bucks, you too could have carp nibbling on your toes. From the AP report: ...

Who knew? I sure didn't: InterContinental Hotels once was Bass Brewery (which BTW makes some fabulous ale, if you like that sort of thing). From Mental Floss (which is full of fun and crazy tidbits like this): ...