Olympic Scoring and Dishonest Speaker Evaluations.

“But the Russian Judge Gave Just a 5.2.”  [The second part of a two-part series regarding Speaker Evaluations.] This blog post discusses the integrity of anonymous speaker evaluations. I spoke recently at the ALA Greater Chicago Chapter’s Educational Conference and…

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The Trouble with Speaker Evaluation Forms

In my 25-year experience, I’d estimate that roughly 1/2 of a room’s attendees will fill out the Speaker Evaluation form if they’re encouraged to do so at the end of the program.  And 10% of them will screw it up. What’s the most-common mistake hurried…

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Interview with NALP’s Mary Beal – Part II

I recently had the good fortune to present at NALP’s 2013 annual conference in Tampa alongside Thomson Reuter’s terrific Lee Ann Enquist on the subject of “Client-Development Readiness: Aligning Professional Development with Associate Marketing in a Competitive Market.” The wide-ranging…

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Interview with NALP’s Mary Beal – Part I

Last week, I had the opportunity to present at NALP’s annual conference in Tampa alongside Thomson Reuter’s terrific Lee Ann Enquist on the subject of “Client Development Readiness: Aligning Professional Development with Associate Marketing in a Competitive Market.”Among other things, we…

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Planning With Short Lead Times

Planning With Short Lead Times   Smart strategies for arranging meetings and events in a matter of weeks — or days!   By Louise M. Felsher, CMP CMM How short can lead times go? According to several national sales representatives…

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Four Tips for Fewer Travel Troubles

  With airport security hassles and overcrowded flights a fact of life for on-the-go meeting professionals and their attendees, we caught up with Peter Greenberg, travel editor for NBC’s “The Today Show,” to get his four best tips for reducing…

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