Jon Trask continues on the Grass Shack Events Media/ Meetings Podcast
Primer series:
“How to look at a meetings venue on a site survey.”
Jon gives some easy tips and tricks anyone who is putting on a meeting or event can use. If you would like a copy of the check list please email us at meetingspodcast@gmail.com and we will send you one.
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Today Jon Trask interviews Robb Thornsberry of Infinity Events
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Jon wonders what are planners doing to drive attendance up in this economy?
Mike wonders if you have used Twitter at a meeting and how was it received? success stories, failures you can tel us about?
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While companies are canceling their out-of-town meetings, Texas Roadhouse is in the midst of five days of meetings and fun tour package, which is crucial to business, says G.J. Hart, Texas Roadhouse CEO. These are the folks that make their business shine and are trying to grow the business. Its a great start to the countries recovery! (And good news to you meetings and travel folks)
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?play=1&video=1084547481
Side note: I don’t understand why CNBC lets you embed videos but the source code never works easily.
Image via Lets Meet
Saw this post on the cvent blog which made me happy that the industry leader are still getting out he word that meetings are important.
Bill Marriott, chairman and CEO of Marriott International, took to The Washington Post yesterday to share his thoughts on the state of today’s hotel industry, saying simply to business, “Let’s meet.”
Marriott shares that his Half Moon Bay Resort in California employs 500 people, many of whom used to be seasonal farmworkers. In the past few weeks the resort has seen cancellations from over 32 groups.
“That means we’ve lost millions of dollars of expected business, the city has lost tax revenue and, sadly, some people have lost their jobs,” he writes.
Marriott recognizes that in today’s economy, not all meetings can go on as usual. However, canceling them out of fear of media criticism will have far-reaching negative effects.
“Marriott, like many businesses, is making tough choices,” Marriott writes. “Indeed, we have scaled back on some of our meetings and travel. Making those cuts was the right thing to do. But canceling meetings and events to dodge unwarranted criticism is shortsighted and will have a detrimental effect on the U.S. economy.”
Some bad lighting but you get the gist of the reception at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta Georgia for the Meetdifferfent 09 Conference. It was a really fun event with great food, decor, people in a fabulous venue!
-Mike
I have been involved with many types of corporate events and meetings and when I saw this video it really got me going. How fun would it be to transform the whole venue! Environmental design is the way to go that is if you have a kings budget…….
Whats the most creative transformation you have done for an event?
Sam takes no meetings
I heard this on a podcast from Scott Monty from Crayonville.com and I LOVE IT!
Business people lives are filled with meetings. And with meetings comes scheduling them to fit with everyone else’s busy schedule. Usually this takes a barrage of emails back and forth. But www.Doodle.ch is the answer to this problem.
Personally, I have been having a heck of a time scheduling podcasts interviews for KIVAPodcast.com my project for micro lending platform www.Kiva.org The people I am interviewing are all over the world and some do not have access to computers all the time. So this handy Web 2.0 application is a great solution.
Try it out- Schedule a meeting with me to talk about it! mike at GrassShackRoad.com
Doodle is a web-based tool to find suitable dates for appointments with other people. No authentication or registration is necessary. This makes Doodle particularly useful for people who do not use one common calendar or groupware system. Doodle can be used to find dates for meetings, dinners, cinema, events, and so on.
Because it’s so tedious to synchronize different people’s agendas and find a date that suits everybody. This should be easier to achieve online.
Reasons to simulcast your next event:
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