Meeting Nightmare Winners from Doodle
While I wasn’t asked to judge this year, I’m hoping for next year. Doodle, which is an online scheduling tool that I’ve used does a prize for the best ‘worst’ meeting stories. You can check it out here.
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Boring Meetings STILL Suck – NEW book in stores in April 2011
Boring Meetings Suck – Get MORE out of meetings, or, get OUT of more meetings! With mankind making nearly every type of technological and personal advance, the general office team, brainstorming, status and powerpoint based meeting on most cases still suck. What’s the deal? Well, some people took notice of the ideas the Don The […]
Las Vegas meetings were down 13.6% from 2008 to 2009 (USA Today)
These are 2008 verse 2009 numbers, but I do think we’ll see an uptick in 2010. As a motivational speaker and master of ceremony, I still see Las Vegas as one of the top desired locations for corporate special events. Here’s the USA Today article
Toastmasters National magazine quotes Boring Meetings Suck
“Master the Teleconference, 10 Toastmaster tips for better long-distance meetings” feature cover story by Jason Kent, ACB from Portland, OR highlights Boring Meetings Suck in his opening paragraph. It’s a direct quote from “Conference Calls Suck” as it relates to squeezing meetings into a conference call to keep people at their desks due to overpopulated […]
Make Your Next Meeting A Hit
I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by Julia Paulus, a writer for St. Louis Business Monthly (thanks for the referral, Nametag Guy!) and the article recently appeared in their January 2010 issue. Here’s a link to the web version. Julia forwarded me a print version of the issue and I was excited to see […]
TrendHunter takes on Meetings 2.0
I especially like the PowerPoint Karaoke at 01:00 and the Brainstorm Table at 01:15… Trends via TrendHunter.com.
10 Reasons Your Presentations Suck!
Geoffrey James at Bnet.com has collected 10 Big Reasons Your Presentation Sucks — you should probably read through them and make sure your own presentations aren’t falling into any of the categories he has listed. The cool thing is that Geoffrey made it simple. He feels your pain because he tells you right there on […]
Eight Ways To Tell Whether You’re Being Boring
Just in case you weren’t sure (or couldn’t hear your audience snoring) Slate shares eight ways to tell whether you’re being boring. I’d add #9 …if you have to ask…
How You Know When You’ve Lost The Meeting
AdverGirl.com has a great post on her blog listing the top 10 signs that you’ve lost the meeting. My favorites… #4. The Blackberry Daisy ChainLet me assure you: this really happened. It is not the stuff of folklore. I heard it from the stranded facilitator herself. First, one Blackberry buzzes away on the conference table. […]
