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8 Ways to Avoid Pointless Meetings

Success

survey of over 600 employees from 20 industries found that, “on average, employees have 17.7 Set an agenda and stick to it. Have a time limit (preferably no more than an hour) and stick to it, even if you don’t discuss all agenda items. That assessment by the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author is right on.

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Coworking’s Newsmakers Gather in Seattle for GCUC 2022

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With many communities still reeling from the pandemic and the uncertainties of traveling, Liz Elam, GCUC Founder and CEO, is anticipating this year’s conference to be smaller than pre-pandemic. . Embracing this, Elam has structured the event to be focused on “getting all the right people in the room.”

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8 Easy Contract Changes to Make for More Sustainable Events

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We can however use the events industry to make small but significant changes. Sometimes we just need things written down and all we really want is an agenda on a piece of paper! Commuting accounts for a third of all car travel and events are a great opportunity to reduce that. Here are 5 easy changes that can be made today.

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MIPIM 2023 confirms that green sells. But is commercial real estate buying?

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Amber Luscombe, senior development manager, Oxygen adds that retrofit alone will not achieve the targets and says the picture is much bigger and more intricately woven into every aspect of the industry, “from how two pieces of timber are joined on site to how a masterplan is developed at macro level”. I left MIPIM feeling more optimistic.

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SURROUND yourself with a team of experts to make you and your organization SHINE!

Office Dynamics

However, planning meetings also requires one to know and understand the hospitality industry and how it works, how to determine which venue and what destinations will work best for the types of meetings you’re asked to plan, the ins and outs of contracts and contract negotiations, budget prep and oh so much more. Program Content/Agenda .

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Regional Virtual Assistant Retreat?

Loosely Speaking

Love to hear from you about your thoughts on an agenda for a VA retreat, or any similar event you’ve hosted for peers. This will be our first-ever overnight retreat (though spending the night isn’t mandatory), and it’s planned for a hotel in north central Phoenix. Have you hosted such a gathering?

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Obama Adviser Larry Summers Wrong on Tar Sands | The Harvard Crimson

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to protest the creation of the Keystone XL pipeline and the expansion of the tar sands industry. In a recent Washington Post opinion piece titled “The growth agenda we need,” Summers lays out a detailed four-point plan to kickstart the American economy—a plan that includes approving Keystone XL.

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