Monthly Archives: July 2011

>Cameron Toth and Social Education: Networking: 5 Lessons from MPI’s World Education Congress 2011 #WEC11

Posted on July 31, 2011 by admin

>Cameron Toth and Social Education: Networking: 5 Lessons from MPI’s World Education Congress 2011 #WEC11

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>July 2011 Issue: Live!

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Chris Durso

> One of our best covers ever (IMHO, as the kids text today) adorns our July issue, now available in both digital and text-only versions — a fantastic illustration whose attention to detail is matched by the cover story it … Continue reading →

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>Convene On Site: DMAI in New Orleans

Posted on July 22, 2011 by hslaton

>For the last two days, I’ve been on site at the Sheraton New Orleans for the 97th Annual Convention of Destination Marketing Association International, or DMAI. Of course, any time one gets to visit New Orleans is a good one … Continue reading →

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>The Power of Power Girl

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Chris Durso

> In honor of San Diego Comic-Con International, which kicks off tonight, take a peek at an actual, industry-relevant comic book: Power Girl #26, in which our heroine knows she’s made the big time when she’s invited to attend the … Continue reading →

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>Booking Windows: Small and Smaller

Posted on July 19, 2011 by bpalmer

> Salvador Dali clock We reported in our July issue that more than half — 56 percent — of the meeting planners Convene recently surveyed said that their booking pattern had changed in the last year. Those results dovetailed with a recent Zentila … Continue reading →

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>A People-Based Approach to Virtual Meetings

Posted on July 13, 2011 by bpalmer

> Next Monday, PCMA, UMB Studios, and the Virtual Edge Institute, will release a new research report that takes a fresh look at the role of digital technology in the meetings industry. Instead of the typical “virtual versus face-to-face” approach, … Continue reading →

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>Huanying Is in the Details

Posted on July 12, 2011 by bpalmer

> Hilton hotel Chinese-language menu If there is one lesson that can be drawn from Editor in Chief Michelle Russell’s story about the how planning for an international meeting planning threatened to stall over differences in how Japanese and American … Continue reading →

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>A Different Buzz

Posted on July 6, 2011 by bpalmer

> NYC & Co. at NYSE Temporary parties in nontraditional party spaces are having a moment, say the style editors at The New York Times. And NYC-area meeting planners had their own moment last week, when NYC & Company hosted … Continue reading →

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A Different Buzz

Posted on July 6, 2011 by bpalmer

NYC & Co. at NYSE Temporary parties in nontraditional party spaces are having a moment, say the style editors at The New York Times. And NYC-area meeting planners had their own moment last week, when NYC & Company hosted a … Continue reading →

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>The Bell Jar

Posted on July 5, 2011 by mrussell

>I love that New York City event producer David Stark used to be a painter, and that he approaches his work with such an artful eye. I first learned of him when Convene Senior Editor Barbara Palmer interviewed him for … Continue reading →

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