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Meetings Podcast 10 “Potpurri of Blogs, Events and Meeting News”
The Meeting Planners podcast source for what’s new and exciting in meetings and events industry Leave us a message, comment or question for the show at 206 203 4590 or email us at...
View ArticleExtra Video: The Armchair Traveler asks. “What if I am trapped on a Plane?”
This comes from www.Elliott.org a Website/Blog/Videocast written by Christopher Elliott who calls himself the Travel Troubleshooter. Its a great site which I frequent regularly. Check out this video he...
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More with Nancy Duarte!
I was just re-listened to the interview I did with Nancy Duarte I posted last week. She was featured in an article in the San Jose Mercury News. Check it out to learn more about her.
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Show 28! Mike Shares Blog and Social Media Tools for Companies or for Events
The Meeting Planners podcast source for what’s new and exciting in meetings and events industry! Thank you for listening! Mike McAllen of Grass Shack Events & Media Tom Hillmer of Creative Group...
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Happy Thanksgiving
Jon is off to London for a little vacation time. Tom and I are in Dallas at the Texan Gaylord for a site survey. We have decided to take the rest of the week off do some eating and spend some time...
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Twitter Events & Meetings
If you are on Twitter please put your name in the comments section so we can add you! www.twitter.com/mmcallen is my twitter stream John and Toms to follow! Currently I use tweetdeckwhich is a great...
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Why Email can be a Waste of Time
I have heard creatives like Franklin McMahon advise to check your emails 2 times a day. If it is that urgent a phone call is in order. This is a Pretty good tip which I never can follow. But I am...
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MeetingsPodcast Featured in iProng Magazine
We were interviewed for iProng magazine last month. Was a pretty fun experience for all of us! Check it out at this link for a free download of the magazine. Related articles by Zemanta Darius on the...
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The Art of Talking Trash
I know Midori Connolly just finished interviewing Tamara Kennedy but I can remember not too long ago most talking trash was what I did unsuccessfully on the basketball court. Here is some real trash...
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Extra! How to use New Media Tools for your Event or Business Part One
The Meeting Planners podcast source for what’s new and exciting in meetings and events industry! How to use New Media Tools for your Event or Business. In this podcast Mike discusses web presence,...
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Facebook Success Story
I saw this post and wanted to alert our readers to a Success story on using Facebook. SmartBlog has done an interview with director of online services Wick Davis for the Lupus Foundation of America,...
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Breaking news! New marketing campaign aimed at increasing foreign travel to...
Breaking news!!! Hopefully this is a sign of the times. A more friendly United States which will help bring visitors to the USA. The U.S. House agreed Wednesday to support a new marketing campaign...
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Green Events and Meetings Show #1
Mike McAllen and Johanna Walsh talk about the GMIC green event at the Inn Marin last week. Green meetings are becoming more popular to save the planet and surprisingly to save companies money....
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Setting the Standard for Green Events: Oracle Open World
Had the privilege of being a part of a Green Meetings Industry Council sponsored tour of Oracle Corporations Open World at the Moscone center today in San Francisco. The day was rainy and cold for the...
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Start a Social Media Initiative?
I had a long conversation with a local company over lunch and they were talking about implementing a social media strategy. They said they were having problems because they were afraid to write the...
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Blogworld Makes Blogs and Bloggers Happy
I just returned from Blogworld 09 in Las Vegas and I am exhausted. When looking for a perfect meeting you need 3 things. And I received these three things tenfold at the conference: 1) Education:...
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Effective Teaching Methods
Here is a effective teaching method tip. Make games during training count. The game should review or teach relevant content. Time is short during training and spending it on irrelevant topics to...
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Are you attending Tedx in Honolulu?
One of our Hawaiian coworkers Neenz Faleafine is Curator for the TEDx Honolulu event being held Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Hawaii Convention Center. If you are in Hawaii or headed to the...
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Using Twitter to Enhance Meetings
Regular meetings and a good solid agenda are essential staples to running a business of any size. In every city there is a group of men (or women) having daily morning meetings with no agenda but it...
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Coach Gary VAY*NER*CHUK Says To Crush It!
Just finished reading Gary Vaynerchuks book -Crush It! This book is the football coach of social media. As I read it I can see the always animated Gary Vaynerchuk pacing back and forth in front of his...
View ArticleA Special Event
Last weekend I attended a really special event for Kelley Kalafatich is a world class white water rafter who doubled for Meryl Streep on class 5 rapids in “The River WIld”. Two years ago she developed...
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Happy Birthday to my Best Friend and Dad Bobby
Today is Robert John McAllens birthday. He would have been 74. He was a great guy, one of the funniest and most creative people I have ever met. He would have run rampant on the internet with his...
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10 Predictions
So as the nerd geeky world of social media enters mainstream how do you think twitter and social media will effect the events and meetings space. Though Loic talks funny in this video he says some...
View ArticleHow was your day?
I had dinner with a friend who went on, and on, about how they were wronged at work. It is something we all go though and I listened to them. Life is unfair sometimes. But how you react to life,...
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Amnesty Program For Waldorf Astoria Theives
We just returned from an event at the beautiful Waldorf Astoria in Boca Ratan Florida. After spending several days there I could see why people might want to take a piece of the place back home with...
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Ritz Carlton Creative Way Of Helping A Sad Kid
I just read a fun article by Chris Hurn which should start your Friday evening off in a great way. I will let you click over and read the article but here is the gist of it. His son left a stuffed...
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Johanna Walsh, Events with More Impact, Less Footprint
Mike McAllen sits down with Johanna R. Walsh, CMP. Last time Mike and Johanna talked on the podcast was in 2009 a couple of times: http://grassshackroad.com/green-events-and-meetings-show-1 &...
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