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Obsessed with conferences

Conferences that Work

Are you obsessed with conferences? Yet no vice bedevils me like my one desperate fixation, my shameful ravening itch: I simply must attend conferences. George Meyer , My Undoing: Obsessed with conferences , The New Yorker, May 28, 2007 Of course, every good meeting planner is fixated on the details of the events we plan.

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Goodbye Quicken 2007 – Hello SEE Finance!

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I have switched my personal finance software from Quicken 2007 to SEE Finance. For twelve years, I used the venerable Quicken 2007 to manage my personal finances; a lifetime for software these days. Later Quicken versions never matched the functionality of the 2007 version, which has consequently remained extremely popular.

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My Top Digital Tools for Learning 2022

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Since 2007, Jane Hart has compiled an annual Top Digital Tools for Learning List from the results of public surveys. Read the full article at Conferences That Work The post My Top Digital Tools for Learning 2022 appeared first on Conferences That Work. No related posts.

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The Secret to This Tech Conference’s Exponential Growth

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Efforts to make the CodeMash tech conference more accessible to Midwesterners led to a more family-friendly event that includes attendees’ children. Why not, he thought, bring a conference to them instead? They were often too expensive and required extensive travel and time away from their families.

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How to Move a 2,000-Person Expo to an MLB Stadium in 3 Months

Smart Meetings

The week of the conference happened to be an “off week” for the Padres. Ballpark digital signage for conference logo and sponsor info. As we walked through Petco Park, with the intention of using the seating bowl for the keynote speaker, Andrea realized it would be a memorable location for the entire show. We got lucky.

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Becoming a writer

Conferences that Work

And then in 2005, twenty-eight years later, I felt compelled to write a book about the new ways I’d developed to design and lead conferences that became what the participants wanted and needed. I would need every scrap of my conviction about the importance of peer conferences to persist in what followed. ” Jerry was right.

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Smart Moves in Qatar, London and More

Smart Meetings

In his 25 years in the events industry, he also worked with organizations such as Ascot Rececourse, conference center operator Wembley London Ltd (formerly Wembley Stadium Ltd), and the Baku European Games. Before this, he spent time overseeing the event venues outside London for the 2012 London Olympic & Paralympic Games. Thomas, U.S.

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