Posted on June 30th, 2010 by Maureen McKeon
Still on the fence about using Twitter to promote your events? Time to board the Twitter train, folks – this is no passing fad! Take a look at these statistics released in April during Chirp, the first Twitter developer conference: Registered users: 105.8 million New users: 300,000 per day Daily Tweets: 55 million Number of [...]
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Posted on June 28th, 2010 by Maureen McKeon
Are incentives bribes? Writer/consultant Paul Herbert poses this provocative question on his blog “Incentive Intelligence”. The answer is a resounding NO – when done correctly. Mr. Herbert qualifies that a true incentive isn’t designed to bribe employees to do a good job; it’s designed to break behavioral inertia and drive people towards a “new behavior.” [...]
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Posted on June 28th, 2010 by Maureen McKeon
There’s a new place where meeting & event professionals can connect, communicate, and collaborate with each other – Seasite’s “Cruise Events” group page, powered by i-Meet.com. Your new online community gives you a friendly platform to to ask questions, share information, join discussion groups, increase your professional skills, and expand your reach to i-Meet’s community [...]
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Posted on June 24th, 2010 by Maureen McKeon
Are you one of the 500+million people with a Facebook account? Check out over 100 fascinating – and surprising – statistics compiled by HubSpot’s Dan Zarella. You’ll discover: Most popular Facebook page Men vs. Women on Facebook Biggest Facebook myth Average number of Facebook friends Did you know:: 70% of Facebook users live outside the [...]
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Posted on June 24th, 2010 by Ramon Santos
JUNE 22-24, 2010 So much more to discover, I now have more information on the Suite Life aboard the Epic. The Courtyard Suites area is still under construction, but I have asked many questions and have the following to share: Deluxe Owners Suites, Courtyard Villas and Courtyard Penthouses are all located on Decks 16 and [...]
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Posted on June 24th, 2010 by Maureen McKeon
The 2010 edition of Beyond Borders included an article by Allison Hall – When to Book a “Floatel”. The story – about using cruise ships as floating hotels for major events – was posted yesterday on meetingsnet.com. Here’s an excerpt from Allison’s article: A floatel is what you use when you need a few thousand [...]
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Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by Maureen McKeon
In this video posted on Ted.com, career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t – traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. Listen for illuminating stories… and maybe, a way forward. Click here to watch Dan Pink talk about the [...]
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Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by Maureen McKeon
Did you notice an unusual number of your colleagues sporting blue socks or blue shoes last Friday?  Well, of course, June 18 was “Blue-footed Booby Dayâ€! What’s that? You have no clue what a blue-footed booby is? Obviously, you’ve never had the good fortune to visit the Galapagos Islands, where these charismatic birds reside. But [...]
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Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by Maureen McKeon
Can a company with a corporate culture based on the science of happiness be successful? Just ask Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, the online retailer that’s doing over $1 billion in gross merchandising sales, annually. In his first book, Delivering Happiness – A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose, Tony shares the different lessons he’s [...]
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Posted on June 23rd, 2010 by Maureen McKeon
As the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues, Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and its individual cruise line members have expressed their deep concern and empathy for all those businesses and individuals negatively affected. Even though resolving the situation is largely beyond the industry’s control, they are doing what they can to help find solutions, and [...]
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