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Joan & Steven:
Great points and I do think it's about community. I agree that in a Web 2.0 world, the conversations are occuring outside of MPI's hallowed walls. I also don't think you can set-up outposts in social media sites like Facebook, Link...
As part of the original and subsequent discussions, I am glad to see this continue.
Make note: This entire dicussion is and is NOT about MPI -- it is about web and live content and how we all view it. As a listserv moderator since '99 and active p...
Serenity: Thanks for weighing in here. As I stated in an earlier post to Jeff, I am probably one of MPI's best-known and most-vocal "critics." But here's the deal. You can spend your time railing against the machine or you can find a way to change...
Steven:
Thanks for the feedback. it is not my intent to discount any hard work by volunteers and if that is your take-away, I apologize sincerly. We agree that the face-to-face experience is rich and one of the most powerful things that exists. I...
Jeff: I think you may have more issues than I can help with.
I certainly don't deny your "right" to question, comment, cheer or jeer about MPI - you pay dues, so knock yourself out. I would be more than happy to list the long list of tangible ben...
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- How are you involved in the meeting and events industry?
- Industry Supplier
- What is your company, assocation or affiliation?
- Circle R Ranch
- What is your position?
- Managing Partner
- How long have you been in the meetings and events industry?
- 10+ Years
- What is your favorite meeting or event destination?
- Cayman Islands
- What is your funniest event or meeting planning experience
- Dressing as one of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders along with nine other men (all industry leaders) and then being joined on stage by the real Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. I still say we out-danced them!
- Activities and Interests:
- Riding Motorcycles, Golf, Scuba, American History, blogging (http://culturaljunk.typepad.com/), JFK Assassination research, all things meetings and events.
- About Me:
- Managing Partner of Circle R Ranch, a 100-acre event ranch outside Dallas, TX, where my wife/business partner, Wendy, and I direct a staff of 100 employees producing more than 400 each year. In 1999, we became the first husband/wife business team to earn the Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation.
Also a speaker and facilitator on topics of “Leadership Development,” “Strategic Planning” and “Team Success,” I am a former newspaper journalist whose research of historical events has been published in books on the attack on Pearl Harbor and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I left journalism in 1985 to begin a career in tour and travel in Hawaii, serving as Public Relations Director for two of Hawaii’s largest visitor attractions, Sea Life Park and Waimea Falls Park.
Named one of the most influential people in the Meetings and Event Industry for building successful organizations and leading award-winning efforts in meeting planning, destination management and special event production.
Recipient of 2006 Hotel Sales & Marketing Association International Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter’s “Speaker of the Year” Award, the 2006 Texas Association of Event & Conference Management Professionals’ “Best Achievement in Meeting Planning” Award, the International Special Events Society Dallas Chapter 2005 “Facility of the Year” Award, Meeting Professionals International's (MPI) 2002 “Marion N. Kershner Memorial Chapter Leader Award” and Event Solutions Magazine’s “2001 “Event Site Professional of the Year Award”
- I am a member of:
- Meeting Professionals International (MPI) since 1991, serving as President of the MPI Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter in 1999-2000. Received MPI D/FW Chapter “Supplier of the Year” in 2000, “President’s Award” in 2004, and the “Colleen Rickenbacher Leadership Award” in 2007.
Chair of the Travel, Exposition & Meeting Management Advisory Board at Richland College in Dallas, TX.
Board Member of the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Hotel Association of Tarrant County.
- Website:
- http://www.circlerranch.org
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MPI and the WEC Virtual Pass - Much Ado about Nothing
Following the blogs, Tweets and related www.com discussions regarding MPI's policy of charging for content from the upcoming World Education Congress in Salt Lake City this week, I have to ask - "what's all the worry about?
Before I jump right into the fray, let me state for the record, I am not a MPI employee and I don't play one on television. I am, however, a long-time dues-paying MPI member, and my first glance at the content-for-free discussions is this: I'm wondering how many of the blogg… Continue
Before I jump right into the fray, let me state for the record, I am not a MPI employee and I don't play one on television. I am, however, a long-time dues-paying MPI member, and my first glance at the content-for-free discussions is this: I'm wondering how many of the blogg… Continue
Posted on July 6, 2009 at 3:38pm — 7 Comments
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- At 8:18pm on July 8, 2009,
Joan Eisenstodt said…
- Getting through some reading and read a book review in Busn. Week (7/13 & 20) of "Free:The Future of a Radical Price" by the e-i-c of Wired. It is worth reading since it discussed gaining customers by giving 'stuff' away. http://tinyurl.com/l9kdv3
- At 3:56am on May 30, 2009,
Catherine White Creates Worth said…
- Greetings from Sydney, Australia Steven-I am stopping by to say hi and invite you to connect.
Catherine
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