Meetings & Events

Decidedly NOT Out-of-the-Office: Midori and Jessica hard at work!

November 23, 2011

Well, Thanksgiving is upon us and Jessica has been writing a couple of really nice inspirational posts this week. However, we have mostly had our nose to the grindstone (I guess that’s a collective nose?), rapidly cranking out presentations, client events and event engagement strategies. While we will pause for a quick golf game, extended…

Shakin’ Events Up: Are Attendees Ready?

November 18, 2011

I have a confession.  I hate sitting in conference educational sessions. Well not all sessions. Mostly I don’t like the sessions where there is a presenter droning on for an hour. I tune out. People tune out.  When Midori and I present we try and build interactive sessions that present educational content in an interactive…

iPhone 4s features that will matter to #eventprofs.

October 5, 2011

As you probably already heard, today was the much-awaited announcement from Apple about the release of their newest phone. I know that at my way-geeked-out-house last night, my husband and I spent most of the evening speculating about what would and wouldn’t be included in this update. Well, today the news dropped. It was less…

Great Conference Calls and Why Yours Isn’t.

September 27, 2011

Last week I was on a call of an informal group of social media leaders. The purpose of the call was to exchange best practices and share ideas on the industry and how it applied to a specific niche. All of the participants on the call were thought leaders and everyone wanted to be on…

What If We Did It This Way…

September 23, 2011

This week Midori and I attended the Mashable Social Good Summit, in partnership with The UN Foundation. The conference, which was held at the 92nd Street Y, focused on how leveraging technology can change the world. The speaker line-up was impressive, with celebrities like Ted Turner, Geena Davis, Lance Armstrong, Serena Williams, Mandy Moore and…

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