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Thursday,July 15th, 2010

Giving Back: Community Service as Part of Events

Community Service is an important part of my life. I have served on the committee for an annual local industry event that raises money for the Food Bank of the Rockies for years. I am currently serving as the Chair of the National Network for the Needy Committee for PCMA. Community Service has [...]

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Wednesday,November 25th, 2009

A Thanksgiving Lesson — Random Acts of Kindness!

I cried today on the way to work. For those of you that know me, the fact that I cried isn’t really that big a surprise. I cry a lot – the usual stuff – sad movies, Grey’s Anatomy most weeks, that stupid PSA with Sarah McLachlan about animal cruelty. This morning it [...]

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Monday,November 23rd, 2009

Footprints Left Behind…Our Conferences

While on site visits in the last week or so, I noticed many hotels and other locations have removed their fall or Halloween decorations and already put up Christmas trees. I truly almost resent the fact that as a society we seem to just skip right over Thanksgiving.

I realize it’s a personal peeve of mine [...]

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Sunday,August 30th, 2009

Giving Back to the Community

Last week my colleagues and I with the Chicago Experient office participated in our annual Summer Community Service Day.  As with last year, the project benefited Chicago public schools, and was sponsored by our events industry partner, the Nashville ‘Music City’ Convention & Visitors Bureau.

The Experient team arrived at Manierre Elementary School at [...]