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Name:	wkeber
Score:	55.05
Last Seen:	265 days, 6 hours, 5 minutes ago
Member Since:	16 April, 2009

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Ben Stein advocates the value of meetings and events on CBS Sunday Morning

published 265 days, 6 hours, 10 minutes ago posted by

JulieMcKown 272 days, 6 hours, 35 minutes ago

Ben Stein advocates the value of meetings and events on CBS Sunday Morning

This weekend on CBS News Sunday Morning, actor, writer, and conservative political and economic commentator Ben Stein openly shared his views on the state of the meeting and event industry. “Business meetings and conventions are being cancelled for no good reason,” said Stein, citing lavish business meetings for banks and insurers (e.g. AIG) who took advantage of taxpayer bailout money as the culprit. Stein suggests the President should clarify which business meetings are sensible and which the taxpayers w... (more)

category: Events | clicked: 0 | comment | | source: www.cbsnews.com

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Show Me the Value - MPI Webinar

published 261 days, 19 hours, 45 minutes ago posted by

JulieMcKown 265 days, 8 hours, 22 minutes ago

On June 10, Jamie McDonough of Fusion Productions presented his model for creating and demonstrating value in meetings. Jamie gave some tools and models that support the approach to "meeting consulting" that Pfizer presented in last week's post. Once again, here are the notes I took on the marker board in the office while listening to the webinar. Key points for me: To be taken seriously, meeting planners need to embrace their role as business people, not logistics managers. Find out what every stakeholde.... (more)

category: Events | clicked: 6 | comment | | source: resultsengine.blogspot.com

tags: cmp, fusion, meeting planners, meetings professionals, MPI, ROI, value of meetings

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'This country needs a big dose of financial literacy'

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BillSheridan 303 days, 6 hours, 29 minutes ago

'This country needs a big dose of financial literacy'

Any hope we have of avoiding a repeat of this economic fiasco rests in large part with individual Americans and their ability to manage their own finances. To do that, we need to learn some financial basics ... and a bit of common sense, too. (more)

category: Finance | clicked: 1 | comment | | source: www.cpasuccess.com

tags: accounting, CPA, CPAs, Duncan Niederauer, economy, finance, financial literacy, MACPA, recession

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Connections & Conversations

published 293 days, 4 hours, 49 minutes ago posted by

JulieMcKown 303 days, 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

In this article Bruce MacMillan, CEO of MPI discusses his experience at DigitalNow 2009 and his vision for the future of meetings. (more)

category: Events | clicked: 4 | comment | | source: www.mpiweb.org

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CPA Success Blog: Here comes Clay Shirky - and a new definition of normal

published 320 days, 2 hours, 58 minutes ago posted by

wkeber 327 days, 2 hours, 26 minutes ago

CPA Success Blog: Here comes Clay Shirky - and a new definition of normal

When John Fitch sat down in the late 18th century to design a steam-powered ship, he envisioned one that would be powered through the water by a series of steam-driven oars on either side of the boat. Why? Well, that was the way everyone had always driven their boats through the water. Paddle on one side, then the other. Repeat. It didn't take long before Fitch realized the way it had always been done wouldn't work with this revolutionary new technology. So he re-thought the problem, put the paddles in th..... (more)

category: Technology | clicked: 8 | comment | | source: www.cpasuccess.com

tags: clay, cpa success, digital, DigitalNow, dn09, now, shirky

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