April 2013
CONVENE IS TWEETING ABOUT MEETINGS
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Author Archives: sbeauchamp
Google Hangouts Just Got Serious
While Google Hangouts may have gotten serious the moment President Obama used the program, or maybe when major media outlets started to broadcast interviews via Google Hangouts, now its gotten even more professional with HangoutMagix. Our team at Convene has … Continue reading
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Planners Provide the Plot, Attendees Shape the Story
Recently, I had a phone interview with Storify Co-Founder Burt Herman while he was attending the 2013 South by Southwest Festival, held in Austin March 8–17. Wandering through thousands of festival-goers, he explained how much “noise” can be created on … Continue reading
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Art Dubai: Discovering a Place Through People
Yesterday, after a tour of the beautiful, brand new JW Marriott Marquis in downtown Dubai, — the tallest hotel in the world and the only Marquis outside the U.S. — I had some time to explore Dubai on my own. … Continue reading
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5 Things I Didn’t Know About Dubai Until Today
It’s a little after 10 p.m. in the United Arab Emirates and I’ve finished my first day of a fam trip hosted by the Dubai Convention and Visitors Bureau. Over lunch, my guide Abdul — a 25-year-old who grew up … Continue reading
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Leaders Convene to Clean the World
One third of all homeless families in the United States live in Florida. The number of homeless families that utilize the services provided by the Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida has risen by 25 percent in the past … Continue reading
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Think Outside the Cube
Nowadays, meeting spaces need to serve multiple purposes, because (as every event professional knows) each conference, meeting planner, and attendee has a unique goal. In the upcoming December issue of Convene, Senior Editor Barbara Palmer explores the different ways in … Continue reading
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Rain or Shine, Snow or Sleet
Last night in New York, event professionals proved their dedication to this industry by trekking through nor’easter Athena to get to PlannerTech 2012 — an annual showcase for event-technology startups. Wet and snow-covered, attendees gathered to learn about some of the latest … Continue reading
‘Culture of Innovation’ at Convene Forum
In a lively, free-wheeling session titled “Minds Wide Open,” presented at the final session of the Convene Forum, author and business performance expert Joe Calloway posed this fill-in-the-blank question to attendees: The biggest obstacle I/we/our organization faces in terms of innovation and … Continue reading
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Marshmallow Dodge Ball, and Other ‘Playspace’ Possibilities
This morning at the 2012 Convene Forum — held Oct. 28-31 at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tenn. — Pamela Meyer, Ph.D., author and director of the Center to Advance Education for Adults at DePaul University, invited attendees to go … Continue reading
