Are you seeking out cool events? Where do you find them? Where do you start? Do you know leaders in the field? Would it be smart to go where they go? What are the popular kids doing? What the underground, quirky cats up to? Do you want to share with people who are not in [...]
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Meetings: On Time, On Topic, On Task Meetings that bring results!
What if all of your meetings started on schedule, finished on time and you were able to stay on topic? What if all your meetings produced a set of clear action items assigned and scheduled before adjourning? Would these changes impact your organization’s effectiveness?
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QR Codes are slowly surfacing to unsuspecting and the opposite of cutting end of cutting edge organizations.
At one of our theatres, the Seattle Repertory Theatre, they used QR codes in simple displays. We went to see Mike Daisey’s the Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, which of course has to [...]
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Who wants to strain their shoulder lugging around a gargantuan printed program? How about a medium size program? How about none?
Although a schedule is important for large scale events, a printed one is a pain to carry around. How many times does an attendee need to reference the program? Often. Each time block, it’s [...]
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At the event, Women, Wine & Shoes fundraiser for the Seattle Children’s Home, Nick Verreos entertained us with his humorous, flamboyant comments. The ladies tasted wine and tried on shoes and jewelry. Handsome fellas carried silver trays with a shoe, jewelry and wine.
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You are throwing a karaoke event, but you don’t know how many people to expect. Will it be 10 or 100? Let’s say you are not in charge of the promotion of the event, you are just in charge of the floor plan. How do you set up the room to produce a lively crowd [...]
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What did we learn from our Burmese exchange student from Singapore at our first dinner together?
During our initial getting acquainted conversation, Brian, our student mentioned that his grandfather had bought a mountain in Burma. In our casual conversation, I asked “Do you have siblings?” It came up shortly after that his grandpa bought a [...]
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If you are in the event industry in Washington or Oregon, than it will be worthwhile for you to attend the Meeting Professional International Conference – MPI Cascadia.
Jolene Jang will be presenting Eliminate Distractions and Live Wiki Sessions.
A wiki is a collaborative effort to gather knowledge about a particular [...]
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Like Chinese, Vietnamese celebrate the new year in a big way in Vietnam. Here in America, the Vietnamese have work that gets in the way of the grand occasion. However, some traditions and still squeezed into the long American work day. My Vietnamese husband and I visited his parents at 11pm to be there before [...]
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