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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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"Don't go there"

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Tourism, EcoTourism, Conventions on Aug 31, 2008

 

I read this provocative article in the Sunday, 31 August Washington Post and wondered how our industry was contributing to the devastation of our earth and in some ways promoting what I consider to be unhealthy tourism.

It's a thought I've had before as I've watched areas in countries like Dubai being developed for what appears to be financial gain v. any thought to ensuring environmental

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Lessons learned

Posted by: JoanEisenstodt in Safety, Risk Management, Politics, Olympics, Meetings, Meeting Planning, Learning, GOP National Convention, Democratic National Convention, Conventions on Aug 27, 2008

Have you been watching the Democratic National Convention? Read anything about it in print or on the web?  Talked with colleagues who are there - either as delegates, guests, demonstrators, or volunteers?

Did you watch the Olympics and follow what went on .. beyond sports?  Did you watch to see how crowds were handled?

Both events - and next week's GOP convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul - are all

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