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Being the editor of Medical Meetings and having written what seems like endless articles on the thorny issue of pharma funding, I had to check out this 2.25-hour session that used a system called Wizerize—yay, we got to play with iPads! Boo, we...

PCMA did something pretty bold yesterday—they shook up the general session format, omitting the association business items that usually slow things to a crawl and splitting the keynotes into three separate, but related, speakers. And they were...

I had a blast this morning facilitating (with a serious power assist from Velvet Chainsaw's Jeff Hurt) one the Really Live Chats in the PCMA Convening Leaders Learning Lounge. The topic was "designing meetings for learning," or something like that...

I had a wicked case of deja vu coming in from the San Diego airport to the Manchester Grand Hyatt last night—felt like I'd just been here. Oh wait, I had! But this time it's for the PCMA Convening Leaders conference, not our West Coast Life...

We write a lot about taking meetings outside of the U.S.—in fact, we have a whole special section of our Web site devoted to just this topic. But I do like this list of tips on taking a meeting beyond borders by Andy McNeill, principle and CEO...

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HotelChatter has come up with its top 10 list of resolutions it would like to see hotels make for the coming year, from free and functional WiFi to a plethora of outlets for your plugs to more cool art to new hotel reality shows. I'm on board with...

I had the great good fortune on Monday to once again experience the Christmas Revels at Sanders Theater at Harvard. Not only was it a great show (with my little cousin in the children's chorus—he rocked it), but I noticed something interesting in...

In an article on HotelOnline, the 40-year CEO of Marriott explains why he decided it was time to let Arne Sorenson take over the daily grind of leading the hotel company. Here's a snip: I try to lead from my heart and my heart said, “Now’s the...

Let's not even talk about going to the gym more, getting the right number of hours of sleep each night, and pushing away from the Buche de Noel—despite all our good intentions, we just know those resolutions won't last past Valentine's Day. ...