Monthly Archives: February 2011

>This Is Your Brain On Meetings

> Photo of brain blood lines by Suranga Wyesinghe A link to a Forbes Magazine article about the benefits of meeting face-to-face, compared with teleconferencing, has been zinging around cyberspace this month. As the story points out, as impressive as … Continue reading

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This Is Your Brain On Meetings

Photo of brain blood lines by Suranga Wyesinghe A link to a Forbes Magazine article about the benefits of meeting face-to-face, compared with teleconferencing, has been zinging around cyberspace this month. As the story points out, as impressive as are … Continue reading

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>Convene Reads: This Republic of Suffering

> In This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, Drew Gilpin Faust explores how the deaths of more than six hundred thousand Union and Confederate soldiers over the course of four years  changed the United States — … Continue reading

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Convene Reads: This Republic of Suffering

In This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, Drew Gilpin Faust explores how the deaths of more than six hundred thousand Union and Confederate soldiers over the course of four years  changed the United States — in … Continue reading

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>Convene On Site: Destination & Travel Foundation Dinner

> Soprano Malaika Sims Alvaro at last night’s Destination & Travel Foundation Dinner and Dream Auction. At its annual Dinner and Dream Auction last night, the Destination & Travel Foundation honored Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, … Continue reading

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Convene On Site: Destination & Travel Foundation Dinner

Soprano Malaika Sims Alvaro at last night’s Destination & Travel Foundation Dinner and Dream Auction. At its annual Dinner and Dream Auction last night, the Destination & Travel Foundation honored Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, with … Continue reading

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>30 Rock Meetings-Industry Shout-Out

>Last night on 30 Rock, the meetings industry — and meetings magazines! — got a funny shout-out from Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy, the blustery, Reagan-loving NBC executive and constant foil (and friend) to Tina Fey’s Liz Lemon. Donaghy, given how … Continue reading

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30 Rock Meetings-Industry Shout-Out

Last night on 30 Rock, the meetings industry — and meetings magazines! — got a funny shout-out from Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy, the blustery, Reagan-loving NBC executive and constant foil (and friend) to Tina Fey’s Liz Lemon. Donaghy, given how … Continue reading

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>Amtrak and the Continuing Rise of Wi-Fi Entitlement

> Way back in our October 2009 issue, an executive with Smart City, a company that provides Internet service to convention centers, told Senior Editor Barbara Palmer: “We’re very close to the point where we show up to a building … Continue reading

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Amtrak and the Continuing Rise of Wi-Fi Entitlement

Way back in our October 2009 issue, an executive with Smart City, a company that provides Internet service to convention centers, told Senior Editor Barbara Palmer: “We’re very close to the point where we show up to a building and … Continue reading

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