What every meeting planner needs in her toolbox – to save the day
When meetings “go wrong,” you need immediate solutions to keep on track. Ideally you want to prevent and avoid distractions and pitfalls. Save yourself unnecessary headaches, expense, and embarrassment by being prepared for everything. Get the knowledge and tools you need [...]
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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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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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Year of the Rabbit. In China it is year 4709.
The best way to bring yourself good luck is to prepare. This video is information about Chinese New Year. Spread the word. To see how my Vietnamese American inlaws celebrate click here.
Chinese, typically after dinner watch a show with the family, like this. By [...]
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We’ve seen cool flash mobs at train stations and streets, why not a on the tradeshow floor. Living Energy is an entertainment company and hosted a flash mob. I am not sure who was sent the link to the mini trading dance video. I saw it on the The Special Event [...]
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Annual Winter Education Workshop
Twitter Hashtag #PNWSGMP
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
The Heritage Room
604 Water Street SW
Olympia, WA 98501
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Registration and Networking
Breakfast snacks hosted by:
9:00 – 9:10 a.m.
Welcome by PNW SGMP President
Julie Clifford
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This is a big show for the top event planners, producers, designers, florists and other vendors to the stars and well to folks around the world. It’s a site to see. Follow the discussion here #TSE2011, #TSETweetup, #PersonalCameraCrew. It is an eye opening event to attend.
Wednesday, January 26, [...]
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The 3rd Annual Meeting Planner and Speaker Collaboration Meeting
Planners and speakers both survive on meetings. Join us to see how we can help each other produce spectacular meetings as a team. For this meeting, instead of a panel approach, we will use a different format: LiveWikis*, a highly interaction discussion. Collaborate and explore how [...]
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