What Does Your "Next G" Look Like
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Have you heard the news? There’s a new cell phone coming out. It’s going to be better, faster, more powerful, and more amazing than every other phone on the planet. When this new phone hits the market, your current phone will be so obsolete it might as well have a rotary dial, or a cord.
So who makes this new phone phenomenon? Apple? Nokia? Sony? Motorola?
The answer? All of them.
Tomorrow they’ll all come out with a phone that is better than the one they produce today. And the day after tomorrow they’ll invent one that’s even better than that.
Green Meeting Standards Nearly Complete
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The meeting industry is one step closer to the introduction of the very first green meetings and event standards. The Convention Industry Council (CIC) recently announced that eight of the nine APEX/ASTM Environmentally Sustainable Meeting standards are complete.
“This is a major accomplishment for the collective conventions, meetings, events and exhibitions industry,” stated Karen Kotowski, CAE, CMP, Chief Executive Officer of the Convention Industry Council. “Sustainability is a strategic concern for planners, suppliers and the organizations they represent. These standards are much anticipated so this is a great moment for the volunteers who put such effort to this project.”
Do What You Hate
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I’m about to contradict everything you’ve heard in the past decade about how to really get the results you want out of yourself, your team, your company, and your world.
You’ve been programmed over and over to “do what you love” and every day will be filled with rainbows and unicorns.
Marcus Buckingham taught us to work in our strengths and move away from our weaknesses in his mega successful book, Now, Discover Your Strengths. He’s a good-looking guy with a cool accent, so we bought it hook, line, and sinker.
Proud Moment
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IMEX America attendees started off the newest trade show for the meeting, incentive and event industry by becoming smarter. Held in mid-October at the Venetian, The Palazzo and Sands Expo in Las Vegas, Smart Monday offered a full day of professional education for all show attendees and suppliers, something not offered at IMEX in Frankfurt, Germany.
MPI’s MeetDifferent Day of Education and Innovation was Smart Monday’s signature educational experience. Designed and delivered by MPI, it connected attendees to insightful ideas presented in the bold, MeetDifferent style with thought-provoking topics offered by dynamic experts in innovative formats.
How to get as many gigs as Justin Beiber
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Fours ago, I was dared—a lofty dare—to pursue my pipe dream of launching my career in Asia. After college I bought a one way ticket to Singapore, gave myself a budget and two months and told my mom if either one runs out, I’ll come home. But I had to try.
Three weeks had passed since I’d bought a oneway ticket to Singapore. I was running out of money and everyone was telling me to come home, that my pipe dream of launching my career in Asia was failing.
I decided to take a break from it all to go for a swim. As the sun reflected on the chlorine and palm trees shaded me from its rays, I began to clear my thoughts. Coming out of the water, I saw the most beautiful two year old Japanese boy. I greeted him, “Konnichiwa.”