Archive for the 'Meetings' Category

Grow Your Member Organization by Collaborating With Members and Other Groups

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Become an opportunity-maker for the member organization that most matters to you. Imagine that your association or special interest group kept innovating to create more value and meaning for members.
That’s what TED has done and we can too by taking three collaborative steps over time:
1. Offer a single major conference  – as most associations already [...]

Elevate Your Value and Visibility by Jointly Offering a Speed Coaching Event

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Job hunting is dispiriting – often lonely and isolating. 

That’s why it was so comforting for job seekers to be in a room full of knowledgeable people who were ready to meet with them, one-on-one, to answer their specific questions. 
From job hunt web sites to career counseling coaches could personalize their advice to each [...]

Six Profitable Ways To Teach Groups What You Know

Friday, June 12th, 2009

If a coffee shop owner and a former minister can make money by leading groups then, perhaps, so can you and I.  In the following success stories see if there’s a method you’d like to try. With the right approach people are happy to pay you for the opportunity to hone a skill they already have [...]

Obama Demos Tool That Let’s Us Choose Questions to Answer at an Event

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Anyone seeking more meeting participation may be discovering new ways by attending Obama-led town hall meetings. Some opinion leaders find Obama’s inferred endorsement of google tools jarring. Yet the three he’s using would be helpful to most any event planner, cause advocate, online entrepreneur or global team leader.  They are free, easy to use and scalable:

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How Exhibitors and Speakers Can Profitably Partner

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Exhibitors: here’s a surefire way to attract more warmed-up prospects to your booth, learn about their needs and bond with them as a festive part of the conference. As a speaker, I’ve forged value-building alliances with exhibitors that you can adapt to your kind of exhibiting.
“Make Every Moment Count” is the title of a [...]

What Fast Company Forgot. Making Brainstorming Work.

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Every once in awhile I’m going to share a Me2We kind of nugget from someone on my blog roll. See that roll now on the right side of the page, scrolling down through “Recommended Links.”
Today we’ll turn to the Center for Graphic Facilitation where Peter Durand takes Fast Company to task. Why? They skipped one [...]

You’ve Got Five Loooong Minutes to Grab Their Attention

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

It takes a tenth of a second to form an impression. So imagine how difficult it is to hold their interest for five minutes.  That’s a short time for you and a looooooong time to them. For practice in being memorably brief, find or start an Ignite group.  They are popping up all over, including [...]

Easy Way to Organize Gatherings for Those Who Share Your Interest

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Your hobby or work expertise or belief may be unusual, yet it’s likely that people near you share your interest. Or they may just want to have fun. How can you find those kindred spirits? By hosting an ever-better MeetUp.
Also consider start a MeetUp to create a profit center for yourself. Or to hone a skill or [...]

Like a Movie Director, Storyboard the Experience for Us

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Oops. Don’t just design and decorate your people-serving place or event. Storyboard it.  Create the experience for them, just as a movie director plans the sequence of scenes to pull people in and evoke an strong emotional response. But, unlike a movie director, you can involve all the senses.
From the first smell to the last [...]

Turning Your Experience Into a Convivial & Profitable Business

Friday, June 13th, 2008

From stay-at-home Mom to art teacher to designer of exquisite Ukrainian eggs to author of a book that lands her on The Today Show. That’s quite career ride.
Better still, it led Jane Pollak to her dream job.
Jane provides what’s probably the single most successful Me2We tool you’ll ever find. The mastermind group. She’s belonged [...]

 
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