Archive for November, 2008
Changing The World
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008Last summer, Hugh Lee, President of Fusion Productions of Rochester, New York told a seminar at MPI’s World Education Congress, “a conference can get you excited about change, but it won’t make change happen.”
If a conference won’t make change happen, what will? How do we initiate change? And how do we make sure that the [...]
A Virtual (R)Evolution-Part 2
Monday, November 24th, 2008Part 2: Greater Than the Sum of the Parts
There’s a tremendous opportunity brewing for meeting professionals and the organizations they serve. Some parts of it trace back to recent U.S. election campaigns that have become a proving ground for an unprecedented mix of live and online learning, persuasion, and mobilization.
It’ll be a while before we [...]
A Virtual (R)Evolution-Part 1
Friday, November 14th, 2008Part 1: A Recipe for Disaster
Start out with a well-rounded, well-founded measure of enthusiasm for the latest virtual meeting technologies.
Add a healthy dose of concern about climate change, with a dollop of unintended greenwashing.
Factor in a preoccupation with cutting meeting costs to the bone, without pausing to consider what may be lost along the way.
Subtract [...]
A Time to Renew
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008SAN DIEGO COUNTY—I spent much of the weekend in awe-inspiring company, attending the semi-annual meeting of the Concepts Worldwide Advisory Board (CAB).
And, as it happened, not a moment too soon.
Concepts is a company that formed 20 years ago, and has positioned itself as a world leader in the corner of our industry offering strategic [...]
President Obama
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008CHICAGO—This blog post comes to you from a departure lounge at O’Hare International Airport, where I’m about to board a flight to the Concepts Worldwide Advisory Board meeting in San Diego County.
Getting there has meant passing through the state that gave the United States its next president, and the world its best hope, less than [...]