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Monday,June 28th, 2010

I was there! I was part of the Beijing Olympics!

I was on an Olympics panel during 2009 PCMA annual and a woman in the audience asked me how I felt sitting in the VIP section of the Bird’s Nest watching Beijing bidding farewell to the 2008 Olympics.

Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony

Her question brought me back to the night of [...]

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Thursday,June 24th, 2010

Planning for the World

As I sit here in stunning Vancouver, the place where the world met earlier this year for the largest meeting on the planet, I think about how amazing it would have been to be immersed in so many different cultures at one time. The buzz of different languages, the mosaic of cultural garb, [...]

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Tuesday,June 22nd, 2010

South Africa: Africa’s Hidden Gem

Maribeth Oberheide and friends at the Cheetah Reserve at Spier, S.A.

As the world converges on South Africa for the 2010 World Cup, there are many parallels that Americans can draw between the two. For many, soccer, or football as it is known around the rest of the world, it is a captivating sport [...]

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Monday,June 15th, 2009

Stepping Across the Pond

The explosion of the information age has left many of us with the thought process the world has become a much smaller place.  While as a society we can communicate with few hurdles stopping us, there are some truths that still exist.   I found that out first hand while providing services [...]