The dynami Blog

April 12, 2017

How to Extend a Great Meeting Experience & Re-Energize Your Attendees

It’s right there on their website: “Balance is not something you find. It’s something you create.” And somehow, a unique resort and spa at the base of Arizona’s Santa Catalina Mountains just north of Tucson manages to deliver on that statement. I was fortunate a

a picture is worth a thousand words

March 29, 2017

Why images speak louder than words… just ask your audience!

“I see,” said the blind man is an age-old, tongue-in-cheek way for a person to let you know they’ve grasped what you’re saying. But it’s also the way most of your meeting and event audiences absorb content – by seeing. Visual learners, image junkies, picture

30-hour week

March 15, 2017

Would a Six-Hour Workday Work in America? Ask Sweden!

Sweden is known for many things: blond hair, blue eyes, high taxes, meatballs, Abba (now you’ll have “Dancing Queen” looping in your head all day), minimalist interior design, fine crystal, Ingrid Bergman, flat-pack furniture (Been to IKEA lately?), and Absolut Vodka. But that’s not all.

March 1, 2017

How to Successfully Conduct a Menu Tasting for a Corporate Event

When it comes to menu-tasting and planning for a corporate event, it’s best to take a tag-team approach – Meeting Planner, internal client contact, and Executive Chef fully committed to the “three Ps”. Partnership, partnership, and more partnership. If your dining guests are to savor

do your research

February 14, 2017

Eternal quest for the perfect meeting: Learn from the open office flop

Installment 1 Recap: A recent article in The Washington Post by writer Lindsey Kaufman entitled Google Got It Wrong. The Open-Office Trend Is Destroying the Workplace puts forth the premise that supposedly cool, new work environments – those free of cubicles, walls, doors and dedicated

better meetings

February 1, 2017

Open Office Trends & The Quest For The Perfect Meeting

I came across an article recently that had me thinking (again) of how to design and produce meetings and events that engage audiences more profoundly, have a more meaningful impact, and yield higher results long after house lights are up and walk-out music has faded.

corporate events

January 18, 2017

Get Smart with Event Technology

There are a number of very cool, app-based event management services that have hit the market recently. Seems like every day brings a new round of innovative start-ups that can be very helpful to business professionals, in general, and event planners, in particular. Today, I’d

January 5, 2017

CES 2017: Tomorrow Arrives Today

Tomorrow arrives today in Las Vegas with the opening of the always-anticipated Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017, organized by the Consumer Technology Association. More than 68,000 senior-level business executives will be in attendance along with 7,500 journalists (1,000 more than covered the 2016 Olympic Summer

find your passion

December 21, 2016

The Holidays Are A Great Time To Find Your WHY

To begin with … Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, a Joyous Kwanzaa, and may you enjoy many Festivus Miracles in the days and weeks ahead! (I believe that covers everyone.) To me, it’s Christmastime and the big day is less than a week away. If you’re

conference planning

December 14, 2016

6 Key Notes About Your Next Keynote Speaker

Someone near-and-dear to me (who shall remain unnamed) recently attended the World Business Forum (WBF) in New York City as part of her company’s leadership development activities. The conference features highly-regarded thought-leaders from around the world, addressing a variety of topics that impact us all.