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98 CityFile_Resort Fairmont Scottsdale Princess 99 CityFile Pasadena Jennifer N. Dienst


Departments


15 Plenary Fromthe ashes of Sept. 11. Pre Con:Macworld. Post Con: NationalHouse Directors Conference. Plus: ConveneOn Site; International Telecoms Week; Beard&Moustache Championships; in-person vs. online events; crying at work.


26What’s Happening In South Africa Christopher Durso


28 Urban Planner Mobile Bay Hunter R. Slaton


32 People & Processes Is Co-Location a Viable Strategy for Your Conference? Dave Lutz, CMP


33 Leading Learning Feed TheirMinds Jeffrey Cufaude


34 Giving Back Shared Brainpower Barbara Palmer


36Working Smarter Put It inWriting Michelle Russell


104 Features, cont.


A Brainstorming Session, Deconstructed 80 Six things that kept a recent small-group brainstorming program from becoming a tired, unstructured mess — and left par- ticipants feeling focused and energized. Michelle Russell


ONE ON ONEWITH Richard SaulWurman 83 The man behind TED, TEDMED, the e.g. conference, and other groundbreaking events discusses his next big thing — a no- attendees celebration of “intellectual jazz” called the WWW.WWW Conference — and explains why he thinks most meetings are terrible. Christopher Durso


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InnovativeMeetings 38 The ‘PeopleWhoMake


Computers Less Computer-y’ Conference


Michelle Russell


InternationalMeetings: Perspective 43


It Comes Down to the Dollar James F. Hollan III, CAE


Convene On Location 93 Calgary


Michelle Russell


Other Duties as Assigned 104


24-Hour Party People Lisa L. Dyson, CMP


Also in This Issue


Behind the Scenes 4 To the Point 6 Comments 8


PCMA Planner’s Notebook 10


PCMA Today 12 Advertiser Index 102


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