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Did you read the blog about the poor hotels?

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Americans with Disabilities Act, AHLA, Abilities on Oct 01, 2008

I blogged a few weeks ago about the poor hotels that were fighting the ADA revisions, saying they would cost the hotels too much to retrofit to be in compliance with the new regulations.  One of our industry associations was fighting this revision of the ADA, the first since its inception.

Today, an article I received from a google alert, gave me an indication that the hotels could make far more

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"Judgment Day" or how well did a speaker do?

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Speakers, Evaluations on Sep 28, 2008

Speakers - trainers - presenters - faciliators - all needed at meetings.  Organizations fret about the questions asked on evaluation forms, and those who present in any form frequently fret about how they are judged, er, ah, evaluated.

How do we know if a session went well? What tells us if people in the session learned from the session because of the content, the delivery, the room set or

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When bad things happen in good cities

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Washington DC, Site Selection, San Francisco, Risk Management, North Beach, DMO, CVB, Conventions on Sep 28, 2008

Washington, DC - the place I've called home since 1978 - has an often maligned reputation.

It is referred to by politicians and newscasters (and, now, it seems ordinary citizens) as WASHINGTON, the place where all evil happens to harm this country.  I shake my head in sadness every time I hear this since I know that we are a place of people just like any other and the 'evil' people perceive is

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Never let your badge hang near your pupik

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Yiddish, Susan RoAne, Schmoozing, Mingling Maven, Meetings, Lanyards, Guy Kawasaki, Conventions, Conferences, Badges on Sep 20, 2008

The proper place to wear a pin- or clip-on badge is on your right side so that others may, when you shake hands, see it easily.  (This assumes certain abilities; the ADA and people with disabilities has been addressed here and will be again.)  

Lanyards, which are (to my dismay) the rage at all meetings, make your badge land, at best, in the middle of your chest but more often than not, a lanyard

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