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A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Marin Bright

Smart Meetings

Marin Bright often told the story of how she launched the meetings and events industry’s first lifestyle magazine in 2002, a few months after the devastating attacks on 9/11 and the downturn in the travel industry.

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Humanity’s problem is a meeting problem

Conferences that Work

Daniel Kahneman, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize for Economics, wrote a long book about this. Emotions have driven human beings for millions of years, our institutions are thousands of years old, and we can’t keep up with our advances in technology. And so it goes with meetings. It’s why businesses sponsor meetings.

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Event Marketer Launches a BIPOC Mentorship Program to Elevate Careers

Event Marketer

ABOUT EVENT MARKETER Event Marketer was founded in 2002 to serve the information needs of strategic brand-side marketers across the spectrum of experiential marketing. Today it is the world’s largest information resource on face-to-face marketing, serving an audience of more than 100,000 Fortune 1000 marketers.

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Words will never hurt me

Conferences that Work

In 2002 I attended the Problem Solving Leadership Workshop led by Jerry Weinberg and Naomi Karten. I like these agreements, and have found them to be useful in my life. I have always worked to be impeccable with my word and do my best. And I try mightily not to make assumptions. Jerry asked what we had learned from an assignment.

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CalSAE Seasonal Spectacular Brought the Festive

Smart Meetings

CalSAE is already the product of four regional societies merging in 2002. Oregon reached out and CalSAE accepted the invitation to provide services through programs already in place. They will have their own council to meet their regional needs. It isn’t that much farther to Portland than San Diego,” he quipped.

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The Brief: Sweet Escapes and Symphonies of Spirits

Event Marketer

MOËT HENNESSY USA’S ‘LA MAISON’ RETURNS TO TALES OF THE COCKTAIL IN NOLA What started in 2002 as an annual walking tour of historic New Orleans cocktail bars has grown into a community-driven cocktail festival, welcoming spirits industry professionals, enthusiasts and brands from around the world. Cue Gwen Stefani’s “The Sweet Escape.”

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Inglenook Seduces Groups with Storytelling and Savoring What Napa Can Be

Smart Meetings

In 2002 the first vintage was made in the newly refurbished winemaking facilities. The restoration continues. This year, The Pennino Salon, reminiscent of a private club in the 1920s and named after Coppola’s maternal grandfather, will be open for indoor wine tastings as conditions allow—and for group events.

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