The Meeting Planners podcast source for what’s new and exciting in meetings and events industry!

Mike McAllen of Grass Shack Events Media http://www.grassshackroad.com/

Mike McAllen interviews Vicki Hawarden? Vice President of Knowledge Management with Meeting Professionals International about the upcoming World education Conference in Salt Lake City Utah

They discuss the -
-Exciting new initiatives/programs at #WEC09
-Ben Stein will be speaking (why he was chosen, how he has helped the industry, etc
-What MPI is doing to help members and the industry as a whole during this economic shift
-How attendees will communicate the ROI to their bosses upon return of the event. [Read more →]

 

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Jon gets some new recording gear and sends out this MPI WEC teaser!

 

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The Meeting Planners podcast source for what’s new and exciting in meetings and events industry!

Mike McAllen of Grass Shack Events & Media Interviews

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Transcript:
Mike McAllen: Welcome back to the Meetings Podcast. This is Mike McAllen of Grass Shack Events and Media and today we have David Schenberg, CEO of BusyEvent. Hi David. [Read more →]

 

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Mike McAllen of Grass Shack Events Media talks about some nifty mobile applications for your phone for meeting planners and production peeps!

Easiest way to read more about these is to open up your itunes store and cut and paste each in the search box on the top right hand side. Please contact me if you have any great travel or meetings/event related mobile applications or ideas for one.

Find Bathrooms
Sit or Squat- (Free)
Find Restaurants

UrbanSpoon-(Free)
Yelp- (Free) [Read more →]

 

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The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people” -Theodore Roosevelt

Wouldnt it be great if all advertising was this good? Makes me think how cool live event media can be. Wrap a story around your subject!

How about this as a great way to engage and audience… Have them sit through a storm.