Corporate Meetings & Events Have Grown Up!
Corporate Meetings & Events Have Grown Up!
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IF YOU THINK WEATHER IS FICKLE AND CAN CHANGE ON A WHIM, have you checked out corporate meetings and events lately?
Do Your Event Outcomes Align with Your “Pro-Planning”?
Do Your Event Outcomes Align with Your “Pro-Planning”?
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Funny thing about words and phrases, we typically use them without a second thought of where they originated or who first penned or spoke the words. We’re all familiar with the concept of “pre-planning” but are you familiar with “pro-planning” …?
9 Ways to Use Active Listening to Become a Better Leader
9 Ways to Use Active Listening to Become a Better Leader
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Could you use a listening tune-up and become a more effective communicator and trusted colleague, coach, confidant or leader? Then, listen up, everyone …
Heads Up! A Couple of Bright Lights on the Horizon!
Heads Up! A Couple of Bright Lights on the Horizon!
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Before I share with you news of an exciting new meeting and event property I believe you should keep an eye on, I’d like to quickly summarize recent exciting news from Apple regarding Artificial Intelligence [AI] …
Is it Time to Learn Something New About Learning?
Is it Time to Learn Something New About Learning?
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Doing the “same old, same old” is a proven recipe for mediocrity and missed opportunities, especially with today’s younger-trending workforce. Corporate meetings and events are no exception. Here are some things to consider when you sit down to design and plan your next meeting or event … but only if you want to connect with your audience …
Biz, Kids & Self … Three Suggestions for You in 2024
Biz, Kids & Self … Three Suggestions for You in 2024
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Ordinarily in January each year, we highlight some of the unique products at the wildly popular and sometimes bizarre Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas …
Ring Out The Old, Ring In The New!
Ring Out The Old, Ring In The New!
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Hard to believe but we’re rounding out 2023 and on the cusp of a new year. Before we peek under the 2024 tent …
You Have a Great Story. Let’s Tell It Together
You Have a Great Story. Let’s Tell It Together
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A FRIEND SHARED WITH ME HIS EXPERIENCE attending the musical “Buddy” at the Queen Anne Theatre in London’s West End. In two acts, the play tracks the rapid rise and sudden demise of 22-year-old music icon Buddy Holly who perished in a plane crash during a snowstorm along with J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson and Ritchie Valens after a rockin’ event in Clear Lake, Iowa in 1959 …
Who Says the Impossible Isn’t Possible?
Who Says the Impossible Isn’t Possible?
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IN 2003, AT THE AGE OF 34, Tony Quan was at the top of his game.
Combining his creativity, keen understanding of social issues and urban culture, and possessing a multi-colored assortment of spray paints, Quan became a highly regarded graffiti artist in the gumbo of ethnicities that is East Los Angeles. And then …
The Ever-Evolving Dilemma: Who Really IS Your Audience?
The Ever-Evolving Dilemma: Who Really IS Your Audience?
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If you’re like me, just when I’ve gotten the order of the named generations right [along with understanding their unique traits and characteristics], another generation comes along with
even more chatter about a “generational subset” that sits on the cusp of one gen and another. Confusion kicks back in.
For anyone who hosts, plans or attends corporate meetings and events, what does all this generational stuff mean? …