Panel Discussions: Tell a Good Story
Many elements go into telling a good story: characters, plot, language, pacing. But a key element to any well-told tale is structure — a clear train of thought, a path down which to lead the audience.
Archives for September 2012
Historical Hunt in Vienna
I am in Vienna, attending access 2012, where representatives of more than 200 Austrian meetings and event industry suppliers are gathered with approximately 2,000 international meeting suppliers.
An Un-conventional Beauty
I recently talked to Bruce Nasby, executive vice president of SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise), about that organization's global business-student competitions, which culminate in an annual SIFE World Cup.
DNC 2012: After the Rain
One of the big stories at DNC 2012 was convention organizers' decision -- announced Wednesday morning -- to move last night's much anticipated acceptance speech by President Obama indoors.
DNC 2012: Who's Running the Show?
Having a moment here -- sitting in Section 102 of the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., watching delegates and staff and media slowly coalesce into the evening program for the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Expo-sure
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 Ultimate Fighting Championship Fan Expo.
What's in It for Them?
The User Interface conference pays speakers based on their performance- as part of a commitment to guaranteeing attendees a positive experience.
Fool's Gold
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) or continuing education credits are often mistaken for the primary reason why attendees go to conferences. They're important- but no longer the main attraction.
Supported Article Working Smarter
About Those Apps
SCVNGR, Foursquare, and QR codes were all the rage when we first wrote about them. How useful are they to meeting professionals a few years later?
Supported Article Meeting Management
Sponsorship: Seeing Orange
The ways that a mobile carrier ensures that its sponsorship of a music festival strikes a chord with participants can inform associations of all kinds.
Supported Article Giving Back
Caring's Bottom Line
At SIFE, philanthropy goes hand in hand with killer business skills. And at its 2011 World Cup Program, both came with a lot of bandwidth.
Return of the Ribbon
It took a change in U.S. policy to bring the International AIDS Conference back to the United States for the first time since 1990.
