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(Sorry about the headline--I couldn't resist!) My co-blogger over at the Medical Meetings Capsules blog, Anne Taylor-Vaisey, sent me an interesting abstract from Transplant Procedures a while ago that, believe it or not, could be interesting even...

After speaking with an association executive about her organization's plan to deal with a potential bird flu pandemic, my colleague Mike Bassett sent me these facts to ponder...

I've been doing some more thinking about Guy Kawasaki's ideas on creating community, and all that's involved to make one work in a virtual environment. ...

When it comes time to line up speakers for your next conference, do you find yourself buried in piles of prospectuses from potential presenters, or searching high and low for someone qualified to address your topics? Mike May, principal of The...

If you have an upcoming international meeting, check out AllSafeTravels.com. The site compiles daily travel advisories for destinations around the world, and can even e-mail you emergency weather and civil-strife updates.

Want to waste some time and feel really old simultaneously? Check out the Age Gauge. Just enter your date of birth and watch the trivia unfold. Thanks to Anne Taylor-Vaisey at Anne T-V's Blog for the pointer!

I'm heading out of town, first for business, then vacation, tomorrow (June 9) through June 20. I've been working hard to pre-post some (I think) interesting stuff for you while I'm gone. So, have fun without me for a while. ...

There's been an interesting thread on the MiForum listserv about the effects of media and influences on destinations—you know, like how any news story about New Orleans these days, even coverage of the recent mayoral elections, started with...

For all you meeting planners who live and die by your Excel spreadsheets: Google Takes Aim at Excel. From the New York Times...