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The face2face MeetingsNet blog is an eclectic mix of news about meetings and events, hospitality, and business travel, along with helpful hints and the occasional rant.

Off-topic: Career goals for girls and boys
Off-topic: Career goals for girls and boys
Aug 23, 2005
For the women of a certain age among us, do you remember the circa 1966 game What Shall I be: The Exciting Game of Career Girls? The choices were Teacher (College), Actress (Drama School), Nurse (Nursing School), Model (Charm School), Ballet Da...
Western Mass. rocks!
Western Mass. rocks!
Aug 22, 2005
Most people don't think too far outside of Boston when they consider Massachusetts meetings destinations, but if you have a smallish group, Western Mass. rocks! I just spent the weekend staying at ...
Integrity at work
Aug 22, 2005
Patti Digh's wonderful 37 Days hits it out of the ballpark again in this week's edition. It's all about staying true to yourself, integrity, and why sometimes, even if the money's tempting, you just have to say no to a business deal. Beautiful.
Do as we say, not as we do?
Aug 19, 2005
Mergers are tough, no doubt about it. And the American Society of Association Executives and The Center for Association Leadership had their work cut out for them after their consolidation. And now, the critics are coming out to comment on their...
Florida changes FLA USA slogan
Aug 19, 2005
Another can't resist article, this time from the St. Petersburg Times: Seeking space between state and USA. It seems that Visit Florida is changing its FLA USA slogan with, natch, Visit Florida. That's fine. FLA USA always was a little odd. But...
Woman dressed as beer pint tossed from venue
Aug 19, 2005
This one is too weird to let pass without some comment. From the Edinburgh Evening News: Clear off, Pint, you're not welcome at family show. Seems a woman dressed up as a big ole pint of beer was tossed out of family-type venues because, and I...
Chinese keynoter visa denied
Aug 19, 2005
I predict we're only going to see more of this: Chinese Cryptologists Get Invitations to a U.S. Conference, but No Visas (from the NYT, free reg. req'd)...
Singing the praises for ASAE's meeting
Aug 18, 2005
I just heard about another cool thing related to the recent ASAE conference that I didn't see on their blog: That every general session started with the "ASAE Country Band" singing three country music songs with new association-management-related...
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