I don't know about you, but I go cross-eyed just thinking about the many app choices there are out there, let alone trying to figure out which of them best meets my needs.
That's why I yelled "YES!" when I literally StumbledUpon a site that compares free apps.
According to the site, "CatchFree is an online service that makes it easy to find the best free solution for anything from streaming music to managing projects online."
While it doesn't list every app category under the sun, the categories CatchFree does lis...
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Introduction
None of us would be where we are today without learning, whether it was in the form of instruction, reading, observing or doing. Thanks to the web, conventional learning models are shifting. In fact, they’re being turned upside down.
We’re discovering that knowledge and instruction can be embedded in web apps, empowering students to learn and experience at their own pace. In addition, we know that everyone is passionate about something. And just as blogging transfo...
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There’s a term I used to use, called “show feet.” It referred to the achy swollen condition my feet would be in after working a large trade show or exhibit in heels. Sometimes it would take an entire month for my show feet to heel, especially if I worked as a moderator in some sessions. If you’ve ever been a moderator during a seminar, you know it’s a pretty straightforward job. For the most part, you stand there, make sure the A/V is connected, the speakers’ presentations look pretty and hold up time car...
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Conference & event attendees want to be sure internet communication with their clients or office back home will flow smoothly. But not all venues are well equipped for this. So how can meeting planners ensure they know how a venue rates for all of their technology needs BEFORE signing a contract?
Meeting technology experts James Spellos of Meeting U and Corbin Ball of Corbin Ball Associates have devised a checklist to help planners assess venue technology offerings. The TechSpec Checklist is free and can be down...
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When it comes to tradeshows, Michelle Bruno sees the big picture. As a leading tradeshow industry journalist with experience as a supplier (her company Bruno Group Signature Events provides content marketing, promotion, and content development services for events), meeting planner and exhibition organizer, she is well positioned to see and chronicle where tradeshows have been and where they are going.
For some time she has focused on emerging technologies and their impact on meetings, conferences and exhibitions. Sh...
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What would happen if you transformed your event with a game? Would it inspire creativity, problem solving and innovation among your attendees? Would it energize everyone? Or would it be so stressful that it wouldn’t be worth the effort?
The Green Meetings Industry Council used gaming to transform their learning and communication platform. GMIC designed an interactive and collaborative game that created incentives for attendees to (A) apply the learning from the conference in real time, (B) support...
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