From CNN: Costa Rica bars swimming with dolphins, sharks (I think the shark thing is a typo since the article mentions dolphins and whales, but no Great Whites or Hammerheads).

While I think it would be downright magical to swim with dolphins (whales, now that’s another story!), it’s not a great idea to hobnob with the wild creatures like that, anyway. They start to get a little too dependant on human contact, which could end up hurting them in the long run.

By the way, does anyone remember an episode of a TV show—I think it was one of the early CSIs, but I could be wrong—where a dolphin trainer ends up getting killed when her overly amorous trainee takes her for a love dive? I can’t remember anything but that one scene, and it’s been bugging me since I mentioned it in a comment I made on a post by Gary the Sabre Geek on the same story (and thanks for the pointer, Gary!).

As I was search-engine optimizing the August issue of Corporate Meetings & Incentives, I ran across this little gem:

An incentive program needs to offer a minimum of 3 percent to 5 percent of each participant’s annual compensation to get their attention. So an employee who earns $50,000 a year needs at least $1,500 to $3,000 in incentives to drive his or her behavior.

Source: Salesdriver.com—now I’ve learned my new thing for the day.

I just heard about ZazzleStamps, a new service where you can upload your own image to be placed on postage stamps. This could be a very cool way to further brand your meeting mailings.