Archive for October, 2009
The New Normal: 16 Meeting Takeaways and a Couple of Predictions
Sunday, October 11th, 2009This guest post is excerpted from Midcourse Corrections, the meetings blog produced by Jeff Hurt, director of education and events with the Dallas-based National Association of Dental Plans. It appeared shortly after Jeff returned from his association’s 2009 annual meeting in September. Reprinted with Jeff’s permission.
In 15+ years of planning conferences and events, this was [...]
The Conference Publishers Turns 25
Monday, October 5th, 2009I still remember exactly how things unfolded on October 5, 1984, the day The Conference Publishers was born.
I had been in my job for 3½ months, after reluctantly leaving Canada’s Parliamentary Press Gallery and a career in freelance journalism. I had joined a small policy consulting firm as its publications director, hoping to spend all [...]
Recycle Your Conference for Fun and Profit
Thursday, October 1st, 2009A few years ago, archaeologists found a small Bronze Age spear point in England. I can’t remember exactly where they found it, but I do remember that they determined the bronze in the spear point had originated in Italy. In fact, an original larger spear point had broken, and then been melted down to make [...]