Tag Archives: conferences

Expo-sure

Posted on September 4, 2012 by sbeauchamp

This summer a good friend of mine — Brian Honigman, digital marketing manager at Marc Ecko Enterprises — felt like a fish out of water running his own exhibition booth for the first time at the 2012 UFC (Ultimate Fighting … Continue reading →

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Un-Quiet Conversation

Posted on June 5, 2012 by bpalmer

When I made plans to interview Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, I suggested we meet in a coffee shop that, visually, exudes calm, the kind of place where patrons … Continue reading →

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World Changers

Posted on December 22, 2010 by bpalmer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-Zo2hGO1hU&feature=player_embedded When psychologist Lauren Abramson talks about “conferencing” in her work as executive director of the Community Conferencing Center in Baltimore, she’s not talking about the kind of meetings with registration desks and cocktail receptions. But, by creating a space where both the victims … Continue reading →

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Everybody Comes to Washington, D.C.

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Chris Durso

My wife and I had dinner with two sets of friends this past weekend — one on Saturday night, another last night — and in both cases, someone was in town for a conference. It’s a nice benefit of living … Continue reading →

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Tech10, Take Two

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Chris Durso

ASAE has just announced that its 2010 Technology Conference & Expo (Tech10) — which was snowed out in February — has been rescheduled for Dec. 13-15 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Based on feedback from … Continue reading →

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Reflections on the Nuclear Summit

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Chris Durso

The Nuclear Security Summit has just wrapped up, and it was interesting to see how this extremely high-profile, two-day international conference was treated here in the Washington, D.C., area. On the one hand, obviously, it was a story with global … Continue reading →

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Convene On Site: DigitalNow

Posted on April 9, 2010 by hslaton

(The above is from DigitalNow’s opening general session on Thursday morning.) Yesterday afternoon, on the first day of DigitalNow 2010 (“Association Leadership in the Digital Age”), I sat down for an interview with Don Dea, co-founder of the meeting design … Continue reading →

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SXSW: Top Ten (Slightly Heretical) Networking Tips

Posted on March 19, 2010 by bpalmer

Don’t bury your face in your iPhone. Don’t be too cool to carry business cards. Don’t be too quick to ask someone to be your Facebook friend. Speaker Thom Singer offered these and seven other tips for networking at South … Continue reading →

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Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Chris Durso

The other night my wife and I attended a PTA fundraiser for our older daughter’s elementary school, and during the course of things I got to talking to the father of one of our daughter’s best friends. He’s a fifth-grade … Continue reading →

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Lessons from ‘Lost’

Posted on March 11, 2010 by bpalmer

Jimmy Wales wasn’t at the 2010 Media Summit in NYC this week to talk about Wikipedia, the giant, user-created encyclopedia he created nearly a decade ago. Instead Wales – joined by Internet all-stars including Caterina Fake, the founder of Flickr … Continue reading →

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