Alan Weiss

OCTOBER 5, 2020

I spoke on (my) Saturday morning via Zoom for the virtual meeting of the Professional Speakers Association of South Africa. I’ve found that corporate clients find it far easier to meet virtually than haul themselves through airports, suffer the bad food and distractions of hotels and conference centers, and endure all the wasted time.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 4, 2023

The traditional methods of governance, often characterized by bureaucratic hurdles, delayed decision-making, and limited stakeholder engagement, no longer meet the demands of the modern era. Virtual meeting platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams can allow stakeholders to conduct remote meetings.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 5, 2013

I am pleased to announce the second annual Wine County Conference , to be held May 1st & 2nd, 2014. We have an exciting lineup of speakers for this year''s conference. For speaker bios, please check out Wine Country Conference Speakers. Last conference, we arranged wine tours. Stay an extra day and golf or travel.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 10, 2017

Conferences, if you choose them wisely, can be one of the best ways to accelerate this process, since you can meet large numbers of people in just a few days. Here are five strategies you can use to identify the best conferences for you to attend this year and to make time for them on your schedule.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

As the longtime CEO of Otto Hotels & Resorts, now the second-largest lodging company in the world, he’d packed for hundreds of work trips before, but suits were his go-to. Otto had just finished a $9 billion acquisition of Beekman Hotels, which meant it now had nearly 4,800 hotels and just over a million rooms in 100 countries.

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IMC USA

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

The Conference for Successful Management Consultants. The Conference for Successful Management Consultants and has been selected to host the Annual Meeting and 25th Anniversary Celebration of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI). IMC USA Hosts Grow! We are very excited to announce Grow!

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Seth Godin Blog

APRIL 23, 2020

Here’s what you had to do to go to a conference in Toronto: Get a passport • Register for the event • Pack • Figure out how to get to the airport on time • Navigate the TSA • Find a hotel • Get to the event • (I left out about a hundred steps).

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NeoAcademic

MARCH 11, 2020

We still don’t know if there will be an online version of the conference, but at least we know SIOPers won’t be infecting each other come April. I think it’s around one to two dozen people, but that’s a rough guess from sitting in the room during the EB meeting at SIOP last year. At least not in Austin!

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

While most normal people were enjoying the fruit of their week’s worth of hard labor, we were pushing on – up at 8AM on Saturday to face the hordes of undergrads at the exceptionally-well-organized 4 th Annual Harvard Consulting Conference. We could have kept going, but the evening wedding needed to take over our meeting room.

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MishTalk

MARCH 11, 2014

Stockman at Wine Country Conference II Want to hear a live discussion of what Stockman thinks is the endgame of crony capitalism? Then come to the second annual Wine Country Conference which will be held May 1st & 2nd, 2014. We have an exciting lineup of speakers for this year''s conference. Hussman Foundation.

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Women in Consulting

MARCH 25, 2014

a technology and wisdom conference I attended Feb. Here’s the second set of highlights from the conference: * Ariana Huffington, founder and CEO, Huffington Post – I was expecting a pretty good speech … I was blown away by Arianna. Following up to last week’s post, here’s the second half of what I learned at Wisdom 2.0,

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Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2018

Checking into a hotel for a conference several years ago, I asked the receptionist where I could get some dinner. There was no restaurant in the hotel, I was told; my only options were ordering delivery from a fast-casual chain or a pizza joint. Eric Raptosh Photography/Getty Images.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Oh, this includes conferences. I once went to a conference where I had to share a room with the female event planner. She organized the booth, customer meetings, etc.) I had worked the conference in the morning and met with customers that afternoon and dinner. That office window was the only office with lights still on.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 16, 2014

At a recent conference of economic wizards, Lagarde dares to speak the unspeakable: "Lord Voldemort is on the loose". I am pleased to again mention that John Hussman is a speaker and host of the second annual Wine Country Conference will be held May 1st & 2nd, 2014. Last conference, we arranged wine tours.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 13, 2014

I am very pleased that he is speaking at this year''s conference. Wine Country Conference II The second annual Wine Country Conference will be held May 1st & 2nd, 2014. We have an exciting lineup of speakers for this year''s conference. For speaker bios, please check out Wine Country Conference Speakers.

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Asamby Consulting

MARCH 17, 2022

The purpose of product innovation is to make the product much more useful in which it meets the demands or creates the needs of consumers. They were able to disrupt age-old markets (hotel, taxi, movie) by changing their industry’s traditional business model. Is there any space for personal thoughts and ideas during the weekly meeting?

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Introverts often dread large conferences or impersonal networking events. HBR: Should you push an employee who’s reticent about attending a conference or networking event to “get out of their comfort zone” and just go? How to Get the Most Out of a Conference. Here is our edited conversation. Networking.

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

There are no exceptions to the lessons of financial history: lending at that rate leads to debtors unable to meet their obligations, and to large losses for creditors; the question is not whether this will happen but when, and on what scale. Then come to the second annual Wine Country Conference which will be held May 1st & 2nd, 2014.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A half-dozen of us sat around the conference table. At work, such as client sites and conferences, I don't have too much trouble, assuming I can get into the building. In hotels and airports, it's a different story. I reported to my first professional job at GTE Sylvania in May 1977. That part of GTE is now General Dynamics.)

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Steen is one of the speakers at Wine Country Conference II , May 1-2 in Sonoma, California. Overseas, Japan’s Abe is insisting on a stronger Japan, the US is clearly ignoring China advice on the Dala Lamai and overall the G-20 meeting had the developed world blaming the recent slow-down on the EM. Safe travels, Steen Thanks Steen!

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MishTalk

JANUARY 7, 2014

Wine Country Conference II The second annual Wine Country Conference will be held May 1st & 2nd, 2014. We have an exciting lineup of speakers for this year''s conference. For speaker bios, please check out Wine Country Conference Speakers. Last conference, we arranged wine tours. Hussman Foundation.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 18, 2016

On a recent business trip to London, I surprised the conference organizers by turning down the opportunity to stay at the posh hotel hosting the conference in favor of a rather modest Airbnb flat. The hotel was clearly much more luxurious. That makes Airbnb more valuable than most of the leading hotel chains in the world.

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Confessions of a Consultant

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

About a thousand years ago I attended a conference when a so-called futurist predicted that my credit card would open up hotel rooms and car doors. PWC Conference: All of these thoughts were generated during the PWC annual business conference (November 2017) where one key messages was hammered home : stay open to new ideas.

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Women in Consulting

DECEMBER 25, 2017

At regular meetings, you notice one of your best project managers sitting in the corner with their arms crossed, refusing to take part in the conversation in any way. He had to train other workers, write reports, and attend meetings when wasn’t on the production line. Altamash Shaikh.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 15, 2014

Wine Country Conference II I am pleased to again mention that John Hussman is a speaker and host of the second annual Wine Country Conference will be held May 1st & 2nd, 2014. We have an exciting lineup of speakers for this year''s conference. For speaker bios, please check out Wine Country Conference Speakers.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 6, 2014

Saxo Bank''s Outrageous Predictions for 2014 came out last month, but given that Steen Jakobsen, Chief Economist for Saxo Bank will be speaking at Wine Country Conference II on May 1-2, a review of Saxo Bank''s predictions is in order. I am very pleased that he is speaking at this year''s conference. Hussman Foundation.

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

We have precise information that outlines the risk of an attack similar to the one that unfolded in Paris ,” Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel told a press conference Saturday morning in Brussels. “It The council will meet again on Sunday to decide whether to extend the closure beyond the weekend.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 30, 2014

Wine Country Conference II The deflation deflation debate continues. Then come to the second annual Wine Country Conference which will be held May 1st & 2nd, 2014. We have an exciting lineup of speakers for this year''s conference. For speaker bios, please check out Wine Country Conference Speakers.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 9, 2014

When the supply of any other good increases, this increase confers a social benefit; it is a matter for general rejoicing. Yet] an increase in money supply, unlike other goods, [does not] confer a social benefit. Last Day for Wine Country Conference Discount Today is the last day for a Wine Country Conference II discount registration.

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CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 11, 2019

As an experiment, I invited a few dozen CIBs, 1Y, 2Y to a last-minute, impromptu Q&A session in the lobby of my hotel. My apologies to anyone who came at the end of our scheduled time, as we had by then moved to a conference room. I was hoping 5 people would show up, but when close to 30 did, the hotel kicked us out.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Left my bottle of Pepsi (the Consulting SME usually drinks Coke, but this client cafeteria has a contract with Pepsi) next to my laptop and went to a meeting. Sitting down in a chair in a conference room and finding it still warm from the last meeting? Came back and took a sip. Cold coffee? Consultantese. (8). consulting. (9).

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Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2017

Given the corporate climate, she felt enormous pressure to attend the company’s annual sales meeting, which meant leaving her 14-week-old son at home. Show up earlier to the airport than you’re used to, so you can pump before you take off, and reserve early check-ins at your hotels to facilitate pumping on arrival.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 2, 2018

For example, Art thinks “Before I speak at a conference, I need to take a public speaking course” when that’s not really necessary and not something he’ll realistically do anytime soon. Perfectionists want to feel absolutely ready before taking on challenges. As a result, he misses a great opportunity.

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Rod Burkert

JUNE 20, 2018

The RV is resting just outside of Rapid City where Amy is holding down the fort while I attend and speak at the NACVA conference in Las Vegas. Once you’ve scheduled your trip, you’ll travel bag free, and your freshly cleaned and neatly packed clothing will meet you at your specified destination. Greetings from South Dakota.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2016

Brad: Drink after the conference? Hotel bar @ 7? They were at a conference, with industry contacts all around, using their corporate expense accounts. Still, when just a few days after their drinks in the hotel, he’d asked her out on a “real date,” Elizabeth initially demurred, wondering if it was a good idea.

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freshminds

MAY 24, 2016

Airbnb Since its launch in San Francisco in 2008 between two friends renting their home out during a conference in the city, this online bed booking service offers over 250,000 rooms provided by private individuals in in over 30,000 cities in 192 countries. More than 4 million people have used the website — 2.5

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Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2016

Projects, meetings, and commitments can vary week to week, but it’s helpful to have a general sense of the weekly cadence that most supports your work. I work on smaller items throughout the week but when I need to focus on a large project, like a new book proposal, it works best for me to block out a whole afternoon free from meetings.

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