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Wednesday,July 14th, 2010

Attracting the EVERY Generation Audience to Your Conference

Over the past few months, there have been a number of great pieces written about Gen Y or what others call the Millenniums.  This is the generational cohort that most experts place as born between the late 1970’s and 1995.  There are a lot of them (80 million), so they are worth paying [...]

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Friday,June 11th, 2010

“You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out!”

One of my all time favorite holiday movies is “A Christmas Story.” Set in the early 1940’s, the story circles around 9-year old Ralphie and his overwhelming desire for a Red Ryder air rifle.

His anxious mother worries that he’ll get hurt and his hopes are seemingly dashed once Christmas morning comes.  [...]

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Wednesday,June 9th, 2010

Brain Rules # 4: Attention – Is Multi-Tasking a Myth?

Multitasking, when it comes to paying attention, is a myth. The brain naturally focuses on concepts sequentially, one at a time. At first that might sound confusing; at one level the brain does multitask. You can walk and talk at the same time. Your brain controls your heartbeat while you read a book. [...]

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Monday,August 10th, 2009

WARNING: System Overload!

Data, reports, e-mail, blogs, websites, conference calls, voicemail, projects, news releases, reports, data, data, data: information. Chaotic and overwhelming, and made even more so as we toss in a few additional factors: past, present and future. Now that you may be experiencing an anxiety spike and your fingers are itching to check your [...]

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Friday,July 24th, 2009

Remembering Walter

In the event industry, we are all privileged to meet all walks of life including celebrities, politicians, or entrepreneurs.  Recently, I was reminded of my brief encounter with an American icon, Walter Cronkite.

A few years back, I was working on an event and supporting the transportation and security elements of a high tech [...]