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Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:53:15 -0800

Latest scam: Phoney academic conferences
There’s a new scam in town (or at least, one that’s new to me): Invitations to attend a fake academic conference so...
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Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:21:27 -0800

Go Google yourself
No seriously, plug your name into Google and see what comes up, especially if you’re among the meeting professionals on...
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Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:05:03 -0800

Planner or participator: Is that really a question?
Are meeting planners among the most devoted meeting-goers, or would they rather just stay home? I was just reading this post by...
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Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:12:26 -0800

Must-read post of the day
Just now finally getting caught up on my RSS feeds, and ran across this must-read post by (who else?) Jeff Hurt: 8 Ways to...
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Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:23:59 -0800

Another best and worst airports list
Here’s a best and worst airports list from The Daily Beast that sounds fairly well-reasoned, though of course your ...
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:47:51 -0800

Time to RISE up
I just got a note from MPI reminding me that there currently is an open call for nominations for the Recognizing Industry...
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:52:55 -0800

Meeting managers feeling the pinch
And pinching the pennies harder than ever, according to this writeup of a PKF reportt: Meeting Planners Struggle To Control...
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:18:11 -0800

Here’s an airline fee I hadn’t heard of before
I’ve heard of — and sometimes paid — all kinds of airline fees, but paying $14 for the pleasure of buying a...
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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:46:40 -0800

The conference is dead (long live the conference?)
Interesting post over at Social Entrepreneurship called “The Conference Is Dead (…Does Anyone Care?),” by...
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Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:48:02 -0700

Two ways to market hotels in a down economy
It’s interesting to see the different ways hoteliers and their CVB (sorry, I mean DMO — having a hard time making...
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Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:29:01 -0700

Mapping out an idea
When in doubt, map it out? Hey, it worked for Matt Moore at actKM 2009, a knowledge management conference. After hitting the...
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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:32:46 -0700

Vampires and blood banks: Only in NOLA
You have to love New Orleans — where else would you expect to find a confluence of blood transfusion and cellular therapy...
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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:17:19 -0700

Preparing for an economic rebound
We’ve gotten all too good at renegotiating room blocks downward as the economic crisis worsened over the past year, but...
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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:16:33 -0700

Time zone confusion
I was baffled during my recent trip to Australia by the hour-and-a-half time zone change between Sydney and Uluru — why...
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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:54:08 -0700

Corporate events survey results
The results are in from the latest Special Events survey: Corporate business events will recover in 2009: 17 percent Corporate...
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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:59:29 -0700

Dreamtime 09: Sydney
After a jam-packed few days in Uluru, it was quite a shock to the system to come to the ultra urbane city of Sydney, which is...
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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:51:26 -0700

Dreamtime: Uluru
Last Sunday morning I landed in Uluru, aka Ayers Rock, in the Red Centre of Australia. I had an aisle seat over the wing and so...
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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:27:06 -0700

Back to reality
Despite my good intentions and my new, cute little netbook, I never did post here during my trip to Australia last week. There...
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Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:09:27 -0700

15 things to do during a nine-hour layover at LAX
1. Compulsively check e-mail. All three accounts. Check again. 2. Pace through four terminals before finally realizing that no...
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Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:53:15 -0700

Dumbest thing overheard at an airport today
At a massage station at Boston Logan: “Looks like that chair is too low. Want me to higher that for ya?”
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