Blue Zoning® Your Conference in 2020
I recently attended a medical conference where Dan Buettner, a National Geographic journalist, was a keynote speaker. I had never heard of him before and was instantly enthralled [...]
Reaching new clients in 2018
In my last job, I would laugh every time the phone directory would call and ask us to advertise in the Yellow Pages. I would go back and forth with [...]
SPREAD LOVE – 17th Annual Bike for Shelter
In January, I strapped on my hypothetical bike helmet for the fourth year to join a committee of other volunteers and shelter staff in putting together Watson Children’s Shelter [...]
The UNPLUG Challenge
I was watching my teenage daughter do some chores the other day and as she walked from point A to point B, her head was down and she was completely [...]
Our Top FIVE Social Media Tips
You have the Facebook page, Twitter account, Instagram feed and you’ve considered dabbling in SnapChat, Pinterest, YouTube and a handful of other platforms. The lingo makes more sense that [...]
Create Daily Adventure
When my summer started, I knew I wanted it to be different. No more stifling hot days indoors without air conditioning. Goodbye moping around the house while my kids visit [...]
Can you go paperless with Yapp?
The 2016 ITS Heartland Annual Meeting was a success. The 2 ½ day event featured 34 exhibitors, over 200 attendees, many well-received presentations, a pizza party networking event and the [...]
Event Branding – the NEW standard
Are you branding your events? Technical symposiums, fundraising and awareness events, openings, galas, parties, even weddings are all being branded these days. Gone are the basic, often boring, ever [...]
PANTONE COLOR OF THE YEAR and what it says about 2016
Sound the Trumpets . . . Beat the Drums! Alert your people! The 2016 Pantone Color of the year is, wait, there are two? Hold the presses . . . The [...]
Whova. an Attendee Engagement and Networking App
This past year I was given the task of finding an event app for the 2015 National Rural ITS (NRITS) conference. The ideal app would increase our attendee’s engagement and [...]
