You've accepted an invitation to join a group of event professionals at a cozy resort-style conference center in Northern California. The purpose of the event: to talk about your industry and how to improve it; as well as to play and relax with other women AND there is virtually no planned content or schedule.
This was my experience as a first time attendee at W2W (Women to Women) held at Chaminade Resort and Spa March 17-20. As you can see from the pictures here, this was no ordinary conference.
W2W is an open s...
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Shibui: simple, subtle, unobtrusive beauty.
To explain it runs counter to the Japanese artistic concept embodied in the word, but alas, I will try. In describing the concept's relevance to raku pottery it is mentioned shibui is that element that is neither the artist, or the object, but the tension that connects the two of them together.
It's the fire of the kiln, the pattern a watercolour brush stains the page. It's the process that transfixes us when we become absorbed in an experience; time passes...
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You think, therefore, you can – Emotiv Systems
It’s 7am on a cold November morning. Outside your apartment window, you can hear the soft pitter-patter of rain falling against your newly built deck. Rubbing your eyes, you think “Open Curtains” and hear a soft rustling as the cloth covering your windows slides slowly back revealing the early rays of morning light outside.
“I need coffee” you think to yourself and smile with satisfaction a...
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The 30th annual conference for the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC) was held at The National Conference Center this past week. Each year, a chosen conference center hosts the annual IACC conference, we were honored to host the 2011 IACC conference. Here are 11 take-aways from the 2011 IACC Conference:
Social media makes a large breakthrough
at the IACC conference before, during & after. The twitter hashtag #IACC2011 made its debut in February and gai...
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I really enjoy the story of King Arthur, and the Knights of the Roundtable. Watching a movie, or reading a story, based upon this legend, always energizes me. Although this story is based upon folklore, it offers a magical view of leadership and strategy.
According to medieval legend King Arthur was an amazing warrior. Smartly, he surrounded himself with incredibly talented knights. Each of these individuals earned his respect, and a seat at the roundtable, by distinguishing themselves in some noble way....
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Best Practices look backward, providing advice that worked in the past; Next Practices focus on what to do in the time ahead.
—The Internet Time Alliance
I always felt irritated, but never knew why, when I heard someone talk about best practices as the business processes we should strive for. Reading the excerpt quoted above, taken from the Working Smarter Glossary of the Internet Time Alliance led to an aha! moment.
Of course, there’s nothing wrong with learning about and comparing different...
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