http://blog.meetingsnet.com/face2face Face2face is a blog about planning face-to-face meetings, conferences, conventions, and trade shows, plus business travel and hospitality news. Wed, 07 May 2008 14:08:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to Krys at Gathering for putting together this list of networking tips/resourcesfor shy people. I'm bookmarking it for a closer look, hopefully sometime before ASAE and The Center's annual meeting in August. I am a total trainwreck when it comes to those networking events; maybe these tips will help. http://blog.meetingsnet.com/face2face/2008/05/07/networking-tips-for-shy-people/ I saw this video about how to make caviar out of carrot juice, and had to share. Who knows, with food prices rising the way they are, this could be the centerpiece of your next banquet. (Oh, I sure hope not!) http://blog.meetingsnet.com/face2face/2008/05/06/cost-cutting-fb-carrot-caviar/ I just heard that Susan Sarfati's leaving ASAE and The Center--she's been president of the Center and the executive vice president of ASAE since the Greater Washington Society of Association Executives, of which she was the head, merged with ASAE a few years ago. ASAE is issuing a statement about ... http://blog.meetingsnet.com/face2face/2008/05/06/susan-sarfatis-leaving-asae-and-the-center/ They're in: Hotel Chatter's list of the best WiFi hotels of 2008. http://blog.meetingsnet.com/face2face/2008/05/05/hotel-chatters-top-wifi-hotels-for-2008/ Did you know: An estimated 62,480 new melanoma cases will be diagnosed this year. Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer. About 8,420 people in the United States are expected to die of melanoma this year. Melanoma is the second most common cancer in women from ages ... http://blog.meetingsnet.com/face2face/2008/05/05/psa-today-is-melanoma-monday/ We ran this article about what was involved in putting together a last-minute political rally for presidential candidate Barack Obama in the April issue of Association Meetings. I thought it was a little dicey because politics always is, but a legitimate and interesting case study on what goes on behind-the-scenes ... http://blog.meetingsnet.com/face2face/2008/05/05/political-rally-coverage/ If you need to take a break, or just reset your brain, check out Twistori. The site streams the latest Twitter posts with the words "love," "hate," "think," "believe," "feel," and "wish." In each stream you'll find thoughts deep and shallow, but always interesting in the way they juxtapose. For ... http://blog.meetingsnet.com/face2face/2008/05/01/timewaster-twistori/ I'd like to say I've never seen anything like it, but...check it out, you will laugh. via Johnnie Moore's weblog. http://blog.meetingsnet.com/face2face/2008/05/01/the-ultimate-in-powerpoint-presentations/ I haven't been able to attend ASAE's Summit on Global Responsibility, which started yesterday, but I hope to sit in on some of it virtually today (in addition to the on-site gathering at the new Gaylord, there also are a number of satellite sites (none near me, alas) and you ... http://blog.meetingsnet.com/face2face/2008/05/01/asaes-summit-on-global-responsibility/ If you have any sensitive information on your laptop or other electronic devices, you may want to store it elsewhere when crossing the border, according to this article in Travel Weekly (free sub req'd). From the item: A federal appeals court in Pasadena, Calif., ruled that the federal government has a ... http://blog.meetingsnet.com/face2face/2008/04/28/your-laptop-is-fair-game-for-customs-inspectors/