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"But Our Model Doesn't Work Online"

January 21, 2009

Image by kevindooley Last Friday, I started a new position with the continuing legal education arm of our state bar association (more on this to come but, generally, I'll be working on online strategy for CLE programming). When I saw this post from Seth Godin today, it was a reminder–not that I've needed one–about why [...]

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Do You Poken?

December 5, 2008

Or so asks the URL of a new company that is sick of business cards. I was turned on to Poken by Streamlined Mind, a great productivity blog for students. The author, Hugo, used Poken at a recent conference in Amsterdam. The device allows users to exchange social networking information instantaneously. I hate business cards. [...]

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Just Because It's LEED-Certified Doesn't Mean It's Green

December 5, 2008

Image by Kim Scarborough News of a soon-to-be-LEED-Certified hotel came across my news reader this morning. This is great news. Since I started blogging back in March, the number of properties seeking LEED certification (or, at the very least, the number of properties getting press for seeking LEED certification) has really gone up. I think [...]

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Consider Sending Out an Attendee List in Advance

December 5, 2008

Great tip from Sue Pelletier today, highlighting a post from Association Executive Management that talked about sending the attendees a list of attendees in advance as a means of ensuring attendance. Those of us who have planned an event (especially a free one) know that those who say they're coming don't always come. And I [...]

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Great Tips for Making Your Events Eco-Chic

November 21, 2008

From natural grass mats in place of table cloths to tableware made from potatoes, this article by Andrea Doyle has some great ways to green things up.

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Resources for Running Effective Meetings

November 20, 2008

Image by clagnut If you're an event planner, you know how to plan events. When you're planning an event, you leave no detail undefined. When you execute the event, you follow clearly-defined schedules and guidelines. But do you sometimes neglect those standards when running small meetings within the office? I've thought about this before (mostly [...]

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Lessons Learned from the Obama Campaign

November 5, 2008

I'm sitting here at Denver International Airport (using its free WiFi, by the way) a bit bleary-eyed after a long U.S. Election Day. I'm headed to Baltimore to run a conference and I'm thinking about what effect, if any, this election has on the events, meetings, and conferences industry. A suffering economy, an energy crisis [...]

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All the Top Web Conferencing News

October 29, 2008

Alltop has just created a whole section for web conferencing blogs. Some I already follow, but others were new to me. It’s definitely worth a look.

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Some Tips for Cruising Through the Economic Downturn

October 20, 2008

Image by swamibu Are you feeling the crunch of the current economic climate? If not, you're either very lucky or you're not paying attention. Most businesses are looking for ways to cut costs and many are quick to cut corners they should leave intact. Last week, I listened to a recent episode of Startup Nation, [...]

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Are you LinkedIn to the Industry Questions of the Day?

October 8, 2008

As you probably know, one of the largest professional online networks out there is LinkedIn (you can reach my profile by clicking the LinkedIn button under my photo to the left). As a social networking tool, it is often criticized because it doesn't allow as much interaction as other sites, but you can't beat it [...]

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