http://www.misoapbox.com/ en-US 2009-09-03T13:33:50-04:00 This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/misoapbox/~3/AKwVa6yvzVQ/when-cyclones-are-a-good-thing.html Last night, my colleagues and I left Manhattan for Brooklyn and attended a Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball game. Brooklyn lost the game to the Hudson Valley Renegades, but we had a great time downing two-for-one hot dogs and spending... Kinley Levack 2009-09-03T13:33:50-04:00 http://www.misoapbox.com/2009/09/when-cyclones-are-a-good-thing.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/misoapbox/~3/a5cGfw3vxig/video-of-las-vegas-leaders-discussing-pres-obamas-comments.html Recently, Successful Meetings and our sister publication MeetingNews hosted a Leadership Roundtable in Las Vegas at which members of the Las Vegas hospitality community gathered to discuss, among other things, President Obama's comments on holding meetings in Las Vegas. Here's... Current Affairs Vincent Alonzo 2009-04-13T15:58:00-04:00 http://www.misoapbox.com/2009/04/video-of-las-vegas-leaders-discussing-pres-obamas-comments.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/misoapbox/~3/G9j1nhra4gY/video-gilly-wong-opens-mehk-office-in-nyc.html Travel Terri Hardin 2009-03-27T13:34:42-04:00 http://www.misoapbox.com/2009/03/video-gilly-wong-opens-mehk-office-in-nyc.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/misoapbox/~3/aq1UxVjzMws/video-james-lavalle-comments-on-mehk-initiative.html Terri Hardin 2009-03-27T13:29:24-04:00 http://www.misoapbox.com/2009/03/video-james-lavalle-comments-on-mehk-initiative.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/misoapbox/~3/oxzttHbw7Ns/video-monaco-is-green.html Check out this video about Monaco's green initiatives. It was taken at the Successful Meetings International Marketplace on Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Travel Terri Hardin 2009-03-27T12:55:46-04:00 http://www.misoapbox.com/2009/03/video-monaco-is-green.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/misoapbox/~3/9bYKrTLxUAs/dallas-takes-no-chances-on-convention-hotel-referendum.html With a little more than a month to go before Dallas residents get to vote on whether the city can build a publicly owned Omni hotel for the Dallas Convention Center, mayor Tom Leppert's office has begun circulating a letter... Will Ng 2009-03-26T12:56:55-04:00 http://www.misoapbox.com/2009/03/dallas-takes-no-chances-on-convention-hotel-referendum.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/misoapbox/~3/ieg9Dq9txtk/obamas-townhall-meetings-.html Couldn’t help but chuckle when I read today’s AP headline, “Obama heads to California for town-hall meetings.” This is a president who understands the importance of getting in front of his constituents and explaining his vision; exactly what today’s CEOs... Andrea Doyle 2009-03-18T17:43:26-04:00 http://www.misoapbox.com/2009/03/obamas-townhall-meetings-.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/misoapbox/~3/Erva0ZJ6q9c/we-mean-business.html Several weeks ago on this blog, I called for a meetings industry promotional campaign to respond to the damage inflicted upon thousands of meetings and events, which are being postponed or canceled as a result of scrutiny by the media... Will Ng 2009-03-05T10:22:08-05:00 http://www.misoapbox.com/2009/03/we-mean-business.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/misoapbox/~3/0wELgmPKTxY/stick-to-celebrity-gossip-tmz.html There is now a lynch-mob mentality, a witch hunt, as Roger Dow calls it, of business meetings and events by both the media and the public, and the mob has taken on unexpected new sources. As we delve deeper into... Will Ng 2009-02-25T16:03:52-05:00 http://www.misoapbox.com/2009/02/stick-to-celebrity-gossip-tmz.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/misoapbox/~3/DQbnMCUt8FI/the-argument-against-associations-.html There is a fascinating post on Folio's blog about Hachette Filipacchi Media dropping its Magazine Publishers of America membership and what the future might hold for associations. Tony Silber, general manager of Folio, a brand covering the magazine publishing industry,... Kinley Levack 2009-02-13T15:59:23-05:00 http://www.misoapbox.com/2009/02/the-argument-against-associations-.html