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Adventures in Meeting Planning: Welcome to My World

"Adventures in Meeting Planning" as a header sets the bar high. I have been planning meetings for 18 years and, along the way, there’s been some good, some bad, some great , some not so great. But I think I can safely say there have been lots of adventures. So… I will do my ...read more

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  Helping Haiti: A Nation Devastated

"When the earthquake struck, I was driving down the mountain from Petionville," writes Bob Poff, director of disaster services for the Salvation Army in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. "Our truck was being tossed to and fro like a toy, and when it stopped, I looked out the windows to see buildings 'pancaking' down, like I have never witnessed before... [T]housands of people poured out into the streets, crying, carrying bloody bodies, ...read more

  Technology Takes the Lead at IAEE’s Annual Meeting

The International Association for Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) wrapped up its annual meeting and trade show in Atlanta earlier this month. Attendance was reported to be on par with the previous year at just over 1,800 attendees. Maybe it was the recession, AIG Effect, green movement or just the next big thing, but technology was everywhere. Attendees were tweeting, texting and mobile “Apping” like mad, trying to live the new American dream—to work smarter, faster, leaner, ...read more

 

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