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Lyksumlikrish’s Top Links April 18-24, 2010

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1 – Top 8 diet & exercise tips for conference travel

2 – Top 10 reasons to bolt from a meeting

3 – Social media’s impact on business, decision-making by CEO’s, managers: 12 key findings

4 – 15 tips for making meetings more meaningful

5 – Get more #tradeshow leads with Twitter, LinkedIn [...]

Lyksumlikrish’s Top Links March 28 – April 3, 2010

1 – Events industry it’s time to step out from behind the curtain

2 – Follow list or individuals. These are the thought leaders of #eventprofs

3 – We are the problem. We are selling conference snake oil

4 – 20 things you should share on social media

5 – How meetings are changing – post [...]

Events industry: It’s time to step out from behind the curtain

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OK so it looks like maybe the events industry is beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Business is starting to pick up, albeit slowly.

The mistaken perception that corporate events are solely the realm of  tax-money wasting, Wall Street fat cats has been devastating. The accompanying blow leveled by the [...]

Lyksumlikrish’s Top Links March 21 – 27, 2010

1 – 30 things you should not share on social media

2 – 15 reasons why your small business isn’t getting leads from LinkedIn

3 – How to use social media to market a large event

4 – How to use social media more effectively in #tradeshow marketing by @SkylineExhibits

5 – Great experiential event from [...]

Attendee driven conferences: An interview with Adrian Segar

Adrian Segar is a former elementary particle physicist who, dissatisfied with traditional conferences, created the first peer conference in 1992, and has been refining it ever since. His book, Conferences that Work, is a one-stop resource of practical information and tools to help plan and facilitate a safe and supportive attendee-driven peer conference.

I was fortunate [...]

Finding the right audio visual match for your event

photo by Karen Horton

If only there were an E-Harmony for event planners and AV companies!

In lieu of that, I offer a few tips that may save you time, energy and money in the latest issue of Planet Planit’s Event IQ

Leadership, marketing & stupidity: An interview with Justin Locke

Folks in the #eventprofs Twittersphere may be familiar with Justin Locke. Justin’s event profession is that of a speaker. He tells amusing stories of his life as a professional musician, and shares a unique artistic approach to management, leadership, marketing, and creativity. He’s also been known to drop in on the #eventprofs Twitter chat from [...]

Event professionals you should know: Paul Cook of Planet Planit

Paul Cook is a master networker. His friendliness, kindness and eagerness to promote others on Twitter causes people to take notice. (Paul was actually one of the first event professionals I came to know on Twitter despite the fact that he lives in the UK and I’m a California girl.)

When I did a [...]

Lyksumlikrish’s Top Links Feb.13-20, 2010

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1 – Eventprofs Facebook group discussion of Seth Grodin’s call for no more big events

2 -26 things I learned about #eventprofs at Event Camp

3 – Events Industry Thoughts: Seth’s blog – No More Big Events

4- Seth Grodin’s Blog: No More Big Events

5 – Seth Grodin’s Blog: The Best Reason for a [...]

8 #EC10 takeaways on hybrid events and backchannels

Hybrid events are where the new internet technologies meet with audio visual. So naturally, I was very interested in this component of Event Camp,#EC10, the event industry’s first unconference focusing on social media for events and originating from members of the Twitter group #eventprofs. I’d read a lot about hybrid events, but hadn’t experienced one [...]