Good Stuff from Joan Eisenstodt

Today I participated as a trainer in Virtualis in SecondLife.  Virtualis is a cool new area for virtual meetings and I even have my own Eisenstodt Conference & Community Center.

With voices enabled, and avatars of all kinds, it was pretty neat.

And when I saw today that all the airlines are talking about raising fares - because they have to (see this headline from USAToday on line: >>Delta CEO:

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No really - I just made two airline reservations - one for August and one for January.  The cost for each, with a Saturday night stay (it's baaaaaack) was far more than I've paid before.

Ok.. sure: I fly a few particular carriers bec. I upgrade and maybe there were cheaper fares somewhere but I'm not alone in wanting some comfort for long flights.  And then one of these carriers is being talked

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 chose one day to stay home, what would happen?

It wasn't the first thing on my mind this morning when I left to go to a meeting.  It was again pouring rain and a sloppy day.  As I walked down the street,  I saw one of the people who ensure DC's sidewalks are neat and clean.  He was breaking up some boxes someone had left in front of an office building - and you know boxes that have been soaked -

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A colleague today posted this as part of a response on another listserv:

>>Even though I am a member of MPI, it really doesn't tell you anything about my ability to plan meetings. The fact that I have been active in the chapter probably says a lot more. But how does one tell? What is the "credibility" benefit of being a member ...and what makes me legitimate? <<

I asked permission to post it

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