by Kare Anderson | May 1, 2019 | behavior, conferences, Connecting, Meeting Planners, Meetings
What makes a conference truly stand out from others? It’s not necessarily how much money was spent but how many positively memorable and meaningful moments the attendees recall. If you run a store, tourist attraction or other facility, some of the tips you read...
by Kare Anderson | Nov 12, 2012 | behavior, collaboration, Learning, Meetings, Sharing
It happened just before I was to go on stage to deliver a keynote. I was so moved to tears by the prior program, that mascara dripped on my lavender blouse. And I didn’t care. I wasn’t alone. For the first time in the conference, many of the 3,000 nurse executives in...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 26, 2011 | behavior, community, Friendship, Local, Meetings, Member, Mentor, Peer2Peer, Sharing, Visual
Even Michael Skoler who leads Public Radio International’s interactive activities was surprised by the huge turnout for Ira Glass’ live version of his popular radio show, This American Life. Wrote Gigaom’s Mathew Ingram, “More than 30,000 watched the first digital...
by Kare Anderson | Jul 7, 2010 | cause, collaboration, Collective Clout, community, conference, Friendship, Give Back, Meetings, Member
Become an opportunity-maker for the member organization that most matters to you. Imagine that your association or special interest group kept innovating to create more value and meaning for members. That’s what TED has done and we can too by taking three...
by Kare Anderson | Sep 29, 2009 | Collective Intelligence, Learning, Meetings, Mentor, partnering, Peer2Peer
Job hunting is dispiriting – often lonely and isolating. That’s why it was so comforting for job seekers to be in a room full of knowledgeable people who were ready to meet with them, one-on-one, to answer their specific questions. From job hunt web sites to...
by Kare Anderson | Jun 12, 2009 | community, CrowdSource, Meetings, Sharing
If a coffee shop owner and a former minister can make money by leading groups then, perhaps, so can you and I. In the following success stories see if there’s a method you’d like to try. With the right approach people are happy to pay you for the opportunity to hone...
