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Monthly Archives: August 2011
>You’ve Never Seen Team-Building Like This
> Last week, while on a great press trip to Albuquerque, N.M. — so much cool-looking neon along Route 66! and hot-air balloons! and delicious chilies! — a former meetings-industry writer colleague sent me a link to this bizarre yet … Continue reading
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>Sneak Peek: Our September Cover!
> Coming next week — the September issue of Convene! Coming right now — the cover of the September issue of Convene! As you can see, our cover story (also our CMP Series feature) is about the evolving practice of … Continue reading
Posted in September 2011
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>Unmitigated Disasters, Mitigated
> What a week we had here on the East Coast. It started with an earthquake and ended with a hurricane, and if both phenomena weren’t nearly as bad as they could have been, they were plenty bad enough. And … Continue reading
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>Smart Ways to Fight "Decision Fatigue"
>I was excited to read the recent New York Times Magazine article about ”decision fatigue,” which looks at the research behind the discovery that the sheer number of decisions we make can deplete our ability to make good ones. There … Continue reading
Posted in brain, meeting design
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>Print Newspapers and the Promise of the Real
>Slate‘s Jack Shafer explains why, a year after he announced he was canceling his subscription to the print edition of The New York Times in favor of using its newly redesigned website and its Adobe-powered Times Reader, he re-upped for … Continue reading
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>AIHA and the Power to Change
>Manifest Digital’s Bryan Campen interviews Peter O’Neil, CAE, executive director of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and recently installed 2011-2012 chair of ASAE, as part of the Future Meet project, which is exploring the future of trade shows. Peter is … Continue reading
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>Social Media, Brooklyn-style
> Patrick McGregor, at work in Brooklyn I ran into artist Patrick McGregor in my Brooklyn neighborhood the other evening, just as he putting the finishing touches an advertisement he was hand-painting on the side of a wall. Vinyl and … Continue reading
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>Happy Birthday, CMP Series!
> The digital edition of our August issue is live, and that can mean only one thing. Okay, two things: First, it’s time for our annual Directory of Meetings Sites, Cities, and Services — the most comprehensive, detailed, and sharpest-looking … Continue reading
Posted in August 2011, CMP Series, digital edition
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>A Show Without Self Check-In?
>My wife is helping staff her company’s booth at a technology show this week. She’s an executive in the government- and military-contracting industry — an attorney by training and a project manager by profession; exhibitions are not in any way … Continue reading
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>Convene On Site: Peter Sheahan at ASAE
> Okay, now we’re dealing with a full-blown meme. Last week I wrote about Tina Brown’s opening keynote at the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition, in which Brown said that “the only thing that matters is telling a story clearly … Continue reading
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