This fascinating New York TImes article on how politicians can now "nanotarget" their marketing messages to very specific demographics based on all the data our credit card spending habits and Nielsen rated TV viewing gives them makes me marvel...

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Cindy Butts had an interesting breakfast option lately at an association membership meeting that would make my sister who lives in Rome, Italy, shudder: Breakfast pizzas (link includes a picture). It's still a lot of carbs to start the day, but I...

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I've been quiet about the whole rotten GSA conference scandal, mainly because I find the situation so disheartening. After all the hard work that's been done to repair the reputation of the meetings business after AIG lost the perception battle...

You got it—free Wi-Fi, free breakfast, and free parking. But wait, there's more (from the Hotels.com What Guests Want report):

Guy Kawasaki posts about the 10 things you can learn from the Apple store model and, while he's mainly focusing on retail, meetings would definitely benefit from the same lessons (just substitute "attendee" for "customer" and "learning" for ...

It's Monday, and if you're like me, re-entry after a holiday weekend can be tough. Here are 13 steps to get you through it (and, again if you're like me, laugh like a hyena at the "Be glad this is not you" series of photos). Happy Monday!

This typing game is outrageously addictive, at least to those of us who are pretty quick on the keyboard—then again, who wouldn't enjoy shooting down words letter by letter? I wonder if there's some way to incorporate this concept when I'm writing...