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Betsy Bair to Retire from VCC

Velvet Chainsaw

For over 30 years, Betsy was the editor and content director of Medical Meetings, Corporate Meetings & Incentives and several other industry publications that have evolved into today’s digital MeetingsNet. In 2005, she helped launch the Pharma Forum annual conference.

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My contract with myself

Conferences that Work

Toward the end of one of these guided visualizations, the workshop leader invited us to meet our magical child. ” That is the contract I wrote for myself in August 2005. (Here’s a recording of John Bradshaw running one of his “Home Coming” workshops.) The rock embodied power, my power.

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Becoming a writer

Conferences that Work

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. This is not another success story about becoming a writer.

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An excellent life story exercise for groups

Conferences that Work

In 2005, I joined a men’s group. One man chooses a topic and leads the meeting. Eight of us get together for two hours every fortnight.

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Podcast: Africa Rising

EventMB

This episode of the Event Manager Podcast, by Skift Meetings, features Rick Taylor , CEO of the B usiness Tourism Company. Since 2005 he has served as CEO of Business Tourism Company, with assignments in Southern Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Europe, Australia and Trinidad & Tobago.

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Walkie Talkie App Revolutionizes Hurricane Rescue Efforts & Meetings

SmartMeetings

Communication is key during natural disasters and meeting plannin g. In 2005, Sprint acquired Nextel, which had 25 million subscribers at the time. Hotels can set up a dedicated channel for a meeting professional and their team for an event. This is not the first generation of push-to-talk mobile technology.

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The job you’ll be doing in the future hasn’t been invented yet

Conferences that Work

2005: I realize that the conference process I invented and since improved is incredibly popular with participants. I quickly discover the size and interest of the meetings industry. Due to interest and demand, I become a meeting designer and facilitator of participant-driven and participation-rich meetings.

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