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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.

Meetings magazines and 30 Rock
Feb 19, 2011
I heard from a reliable source that the TV show 30 Rock last night included some spoofs on a subject near and dear to my heart -- meetings magazines! He said: ...
Seth Godin on site selection
Feb 04, 2011
Dude nails it once again: The Space Matters. We all know this, and yet all too often we find ourselves compromising on the environment and trying to make up for it through programming, or speakers, or F&B. Something to think about.
Breathing new life into service projects
Jan 30, 2011
Another interesting thing that the Alliance for CME did this year had to do with its service project. Instead of rehabbing a playground or sprucing up a park, the Alliance worked with the Blood Centers of the Pacific to hold a blood drive at the...
File under "good idea"
Jan 30, 2011
The Alliance for Continuing Medical Education, at whose annual conference I've been melting my brain for the past three days, just launched a pretty ambitious eight-part strategic plan that it really wants its membership to get to know, love, and...
Note from the road
Jan 26, 2011
I'm at Boston's Logan airport, waiting for a flight to wisk me off to San Francisco for the Alliance for CME annual conference. When I was in the security line a little while ago I noticed two little girls playing a game that didn't exist when I...
Gen Next at PCMA: The kids are more than alright
Gen Next at PCMA: The kids are more than alright
Jan 20, 2011
After listening to a panel of generation next students and young professionals talk about how they learn, what they do and don't get out of meetings, and what they want from their associations -- and after meeting several students at the various...
Things aren't always as they seem
Jan 20, 2011
Especially when it comes to marketing materials. Check out these reality checks on hotel marketing photos from Oyster.com -- if your boss questions the need to do a site inspection, these photos ought to help you make your case that a meeting...
PCMA 2011: The new generation of (learning) lounge lizards
Jan 18, 2011
I was beyond excited when I learned that the Professional Convention Management Association had set the Velvet Chainsaw Consulting boys, Jeff Hurt and Dave Lutz, loose to design a "learning lounge" for its annual meeting last week in Las Vegas...
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