Archive for December, 2008
Find your joy
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008Last Monday evening Kathleen and I attended the Canadian AIDS Society’s inaugural World AIDS Day gala at the Delta Ottawa.
It was a lovely evening. Good food and drink. Napkins artfully rolled and twisted into the shape of the red ribbon of the CAS logo. Congenial company. Between the gala itself and the auction, a significant [...]
A Higher Bounce
Friday, December 5th, 2008I really hate to admit it. But lately, I’ve begun to see a degree of wisdom in one of my all-time most hated phrases.
The phrase and I collided almost a decade ago, in a suburb of Dallas, TX. I was attending one of the annual chapter leaders’ conferences hosted by our professional association, Meeting Professionals [...]
World AIDS Day and the Ultimate ROI
Monday, December 1st, 2008When it comes to assessing the return on investment (ROI) in large, face-to-face meetings, it’s hard to think of a more basic measure than 3.8 million years of life.
With the approach of World AIDS Day December 1, the Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative issued a verdict of sorts on the AIDS policies pursued [...]