| 4:00 pm |
eventsforgood: |
It's time for the chat everyone! Please introduce yourself and tell us about your favorite summer drink (alcoholic or virgin). #eventprofs |
| 4:01 pm |
TheEventsGuru: |
RT @eventprofs: RT @eventsforgood Join me for the #eventprofs chat today at 12 noon ET on Dealing With Surprises On The Job! #events |
| 4:02 pm |
eventsforgood: |
I'm Lindsey Rosenthal from Events For Good (moderator) & my fave summer drink is a Peach Bellini! Best from Scoozi in Chicago. #eventprofs |
| 4:03 pm |
ready2spark: |
Want to be in the #eventprofs chat today but have a meeting to prepare for :( |
| 4:03 pm |
Price_Points: |
Craig Price - speaker/trainer - I like my French Vanilla Cremers from @Starbucks #eventprofs |
| 4:04 pm |
BrianHunt04: |
hi all Brian Hunt here, favorite summer drink is Summer Brew (beer, vodka and lemonade) who's thirsty? #eventprofs |
| 4:04 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Sorry to miss you, Lara! RT @ready2spark: Want to be in the chat today but have a meeting to prepare for :( #eventprofs |
| 4:04 pm |
eventsforgood: |
@Price_Points Hi Craig! Welcome! Do those have coffee in them? #eventprofs |
| 4:05 pm |
Price_Points: |
@eventsforgood Optional...I prefer without and no whip cream. Basically it is a Vanilla Bean Frappachino with hazelnut. Awesome! #eventprofs |
| 4:05 pm |
MeetingsDiva: |
Hi everybody! I love Thai iced tea. #eventprofs |
| 4:05 pm |
eventsforgood: |
@BrianHunt04 Welcome Brian! Really interesting drink - I'll have to try it! Ever had a John Daly (ice tea vodka and lemonade)? #eventprofs |
| 4:05 pm |
Price_Points: |
@MeetingsDiva Those are tasty too! #eventprofs |
| 4:06 pm |
iseshq: |
In the DC/Baltimore area?Check out the FREE #ISES Connections Lounge. Balt. Marriott Waterfront Aug 5, 5:30-9pm & Aug 6, 6-9pm #eventprofs |
| 4:06 pm |
VirtuallyAmaz: |
I'm Grace White, Virtually Amazing. Ice tea (unsweetened) during wrkg hs, Peppermint Schnapps when the temps >100..very cooling #eventprofs |
| 4:06 pm |
BrianHunt04: |
@eventsforgood yes that is good as well! glad to be on this chat! #eventprofs |
| 4:07 pm |
eventsforgood: |
@MeetingsDiva Hi Terri! What's in that? #eventprofs |
| 4:07 pm |
justinlocke: |
Justin Locke, author of "Principles of Applied Stupidty," speaker/trainer. caiparinhas (brasilian white lightning) #eventprofs |
| 4:07 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Sounds awesome! RT @Price_Points: I prefer without and no whip cream. Basically it is a Vanilla Bean Frappachino w/ hazelnut. #eventprofs |
| 4:07 pm |
TheEventsGuru: |
Hey Evry1! Todd Gauman here in Cleveland. Fav drink in summer Caipirinha!! #eventprofs |
| 4:08 pm |
MeetingsDiva: |
lots of ideas on how to relax and stay cool! #eventprofs |
| 4:08 pm |
robinstanley: |
A Bloody Mary without the vodka.... I call it a "Bloody Shame" :-) #eventprofs |
| 4:08 pm |
eventsforgood: |
@VirtuallyAmaz Hi Grace! Glad to see you! Anything with your peppermint schnapps or just by itself? #eventprofs |
| 4:08 pm |
MeetingsDiva: |
Tea, vanilla sugar, and condensed milk (I think). #eventprofs |
| 4:09 pm |
eventgenuity: |
12 Cool Web Tools 4 Small Business http://bit.ly/19uCf8 Join us 4 #MPI #wec10 Small Biz UnSummit - http://bit.ly/cuTQcz #eventprofs |
| 4:09 pm |
eventsforgood: |
@justinlocke Hola Justin! Love those caiparinhas! Looks like you and Todd (@TheEventsGuru) have that in common! #eventprofs |
| 4:10 pm |
joyce_ma: |
Hi everyone, Joyce from Showmakers - jumping in a tad late.. #eventprofs |
| 4:10 pm |
eventsforgood: |
@robinstanley Hi Robin! Welcome! A Bloody Shame... love the name! #eventprofs |
| 4:10 pm |
eventsforgood: |
@joyce_ma Hi Joyce! You're right on time! What's your favorite summer drink (alcoholic or virgin)? #eventprofs |
| 4:10 pm |
VirtuallyAmaz: |
peppermint schnapps over ice #eventprofs |
| 4:11 pm |
justinlocke: |
@eventsforgood well there's a practical element: if you drink 3 in a row you become fluent in portuguese. #eventprofs |
| 4:11 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Wow, lots of ideas from the crowd! Nice! Especially for hot hot HOT days like this one! #eventprofs |
| 4:11 pm |
joyce_ma: |
@eventsforgood I'm an iced latte kind of girl.. lol #eventprofs |
| 4:12 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Of course you do. RT @justinlocke: well there's a practical element: if you drink 3 in a row you become fluent in portuguese. #eventprofs |
| 4:12 pm |
MeetingsDiva: |
@EmilieBarta Good luck! #eventprofs |
| 4:13 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Yes, it's too bad this chat coincides with @EmilieBarta's great virtual "conversation" on hybrid meetings! Good luck, Emilie!! #eventprofs |
| 4:13 pm |
robinstanley: |
@eventsforgood Thanks , hello to everyone from a strangely blustery day in London, #eventprofs |
| 4:13 pm |
eventsforgood: |
So let's get started - our topic today is on dealing with surprises while on the job. Obviously we all do it in this industry... #eventprofs |
| 4:13 pm |
TheEventsGuru: |
I <3 my caipirinha! Blame it on Rio!!! ;-) #eventprofs |
| 4:14 pm |
eventsforgood: |
What was the biggest on-the-job surprise you had to deal with and how did you handle it? #eventprofs |
| 4:15 pm |
eventsforgood: |
My example: I had a union protest of a convention center come up onsite while I had a group in house. #eventprofs |
| 4:15 pm |
BrianHunt04: |
9/11 was a big one! We had 1000 dealers in Vegas that we had to get home... #eventprofs |
| 4:16 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Anyone mind if we spend 20 minutes jumping onto @EmilieBarta's virtual event and come back to the chat? #eventprofs |
| 4:17 pm |
VirtuallyAmaz: |
I don't mind supporting @EmilieBarta's virtual event #eventprofs |
| 4:17 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Dealing with a surprise today! Link for @EmilieBarta's virtual conversation on hybrid meetings -http://bit.ly/ctcreg #eventprofs |
| 4:17 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Wow! How'd that work? RT @BrianHunt04: 9/11 was a big one! We had 1000 dealers in Vegas that we had to get home... #eventprofs |
| 4:18 pm |
robinstanley: |
An ash cloud tried to prevent me from photographing a conference in Madrid but i found a way around it!! #eventprofs |
| 4:18 pm |
Price_Points: |
@eventsforgood Lady had seizure in training session. She had history of them so it wasn't my fault! Also had EMT in room. Whew! #eventprofs |
| 4:19 pm |
TheEventsGuru: |
I'm all for supporting @EmilieBarta #eventprofs |
| 4:19 pm |
RogLewis: |
Alliance Tech, Freeman, Czarnowski among winners of Exhibitors' Choice awards last night at TS2http://bit.ly/bO2k7d #eventprofs #IAEE #TSNN |
| 4:19 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Whoa! Purposeful EMT? Or surprise? RT @Price_Points: Lady had seizure in training session. Also had EMT in room. Whew! #eventprofs |
| 4:20 pm |
eventsforgood: |
@EmilieBarta We will be joining you! #eventprofs |
| 4:20 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Chat participants - any questions about how to join @EmilieBarta's virtual event? #eventprofs |
| 4:21 pm |
TheEventsGuru: |
I was missing 2 lg crates of inventory 2 discover they float'd away in Annpolis during Bt Show! That was quite a surprise! #eventprofs |
| 4:21 pm |
smartmeetings: |
EVENTPROFS| Do you plan cruise meetings or group incentives on cruise ships? If so, how often? Please comment back! #eventprofs #meetings |
| 4:21 pm |
Price_Points: |
@eventsforgood Coincidence. He helped her, while I called 9-1-1. Then calmed everyone, sent a person to guide help to room. #eventprofs |
| 4:22 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Whoa! What'd you do? RT @TheEventsGuru: I was missing 2 lg crates of inventory 2 discover they floated away during Boat Show! #eventprofs |
| 4:22 pm |
stuarthulley: |
The Visit Scotland stand at the British Open... Scandy masters next.http://gallery.me.com/hulley#100380 #eventprofs |
| 4:23 pm |
VirtuallyAmaz: |
A speaker had secret service protection, they changed the agenda & breakout rooms 1 hr before his visit. #eventprofs |
| 4:23 pm |
eventsforgood: |
@Price_Points What a good coincidence! Have you put any standards in place to deal with a similar situation in the future? #eventprofs |
| 4:24 pm |
EmilieBarta: |
@eventsforgood Yeah!!!!!! http://bit.ly/ctcreg #eventprofs |
| 4:24 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Of course! RT @VirtuallyAmaz: A speaker had secret service protection, they changed agenda & breakout rooms 1 hr before visit. #eventprofs |
| 4:24 pm |
eventsforgood: |
@VirtuallyAmaz Were you expecting to be likely to have to make a change? #eventprofs |
| 4:24 pm |
BrianHunt04: |
@eventsforgood we ended up getting buses to each region of the US and then most dealers bought cars in Vegas and sold at theirs! #eventprofs |
| 4:25 pm |
BrianHunt04: |
needless to say we spent a few days on the phone arranging transfers! #eventprofs |
| 4:25 pm |
TheEventsGuru: |
had to trck dwn a skiff to retrve, 2+ hrs to bring bck to dock. Still makes me lol! Quite shock when i discvrd they were adrift #eventprofs |
| 4:26 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Good group to find solutions in that setting! RT @BrianHunt04: Most dealers bought cars in Vegas and sold at theirs! #eventprofs |
| 4:26 pm |
VirtuallyAmaz: |
No warning on the change, mtg staff handled it fine (contingency plan), room hosts were twitter patted & stressed #eventprofs |
| 4:26 pm |
eventsforgood: |
@TheEventsGuru How can you deal with that kind of surprise in the future? It seems so surreal! #eventprofs |
| 4:27 pm |
Price_Points: |
@eventsforgood That's flukey thing. I've given 100s of presentations, done comedy clubs, etc.Nothing like that has happend since #eventprofs |
| 4:28 pm |
VirtuallyAmaz: |
@BrianHunt04 re: 9/11 daughter works in the airline industry, crazy time for those folks, lots of rental car sharing #eventprofs |
| 4:28 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Yay #eventprofs |
| 4:29 pm |
TheEventsGuru: |
@eventsforgood The nxt yr I plcd 1 of my staff at dock during install 4 floats 2 make sure secured. Surreal is not he word! ;-) #eventprofs |
| 4:29 pm |
BrianHunt04: |
@VirtuallyAmaz yes it was crazy and imagine being in Vegas for 5 days with no planes flying... freaky #eventprofs |
| 4:30 pm |
3D_EXHIBITS: |
What are your thoughts on the creative @oldspice campaign? Have you started thinking of creatives campaigns you can do? #eventprofs |
| 4:30 pm |
eventsforgood: |
What a smart decision! RT @TheEventsGuru: The nxt yr I plcd 1 of my staff at dock during install 4 floats 2 make sure secured. #eventprofs |
| 4:31 pm |
eventsforgood: |
What kind of standards can we put into place to deal with surprises? What have you done when those issues have come up? #eventprofs |
| 4:31 pm |
VirtuallyAmaz: |
@BrianHunt04 yes the skies were very quiet and eerie, flight controller friends were freaked #eventprofs |
| 4:32 pm |
joyce_ma: |
I always always plan for extra components. you never know when you need to add more tables, attendees, etc. #eventprofs |
| 4:33 pm |
TheEventsGuru: |
@eventsforgood I could go all day on this topic, surprises no longer surprise me, I just expect the unexpected! #eventprofs |
| 4:33 pm |
eventsforgood: |
You can only plan for surprises so much. A risk mgmt plan or crisis mgmt plan only work if you can foresee the problem arising. #eventprofs |
| 4:33 pm |
eventsforgood: |
RT @joyce_ma: I always always plan for extra components. you never know when you need to add more tables, attendees, etc. #eventprofs |
| 4:33 pm |
BrianHunt04: |
some of the things we can put into place is an accident preparedness plan #eventprofs |
| 4:34 pm |
BrianHunt04: |
proper planning will help with all suprises #eventprofs |
| 4:34 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Good! We will be chatting for at least an hour! RT @TheEventsGuru: I could go all day on this topic, I expect the unexpected! #eventprofs |
| 4:34 pm |
eventsforgood: |
What do you prepare for in that plan? RT @BrianHunt04: some of the things we can put into place is an accident preparedness plan #eventprofs |
| 4:35 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Do you believe that "thinking on your feet" can be taught or that it is innate and must be hired for? #eventprofs |
| 4:36 pm |
BrianHunt04: |
@eventsforgood we have a full blown plan from evac plans, how the hotel handles emergency #eventprofs |
| 4:37 pm |
VirtuallyAmaz: |
@eventsforgood I think "thinking on your feet" is mostly innate #eventprofs |
| 4:38 pm |
TheEventsGuru: |
@eventsforgood Thinking spontaneously is a learned trait, something that comes w/ experience #eventprofs |
| 4:38 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Do u meet w/ hotel staff about that? RT @BrianHunt04: we have a full blown plan from evac plans, how the hotel handles emergency #eventprofs |
| 4:39 pm |
eventsforgood: |
Do others agree? RT @VirtuallyAmaz: I think "thinking on your feet" is mostly innate #eventprofs |
| 4:39 pm |
pcmahq: |
#PCMA Online Silent Auction ends today! Funds raised support research and education.http://bit.ly/c8Px4C #eventprofs |
| 4:39 pm |
joyce_ma: |
Especially for #eventprofs! :) RT @VirtuallyAmaz: @eventsforgood I think "thinking on your feet" is mostly innate #eventprofs |
| 4:39 pm |
BrianHunt04: |
yes we do, before every event we sit down and review the hotel plan and our plan and then everyone is in the know. #eventprofs |
| 4:40 pm |
brandtkrueger: |
What's the most common thing you wish you could tell your clients but can't? #eventprofs |
| 4:42 pm |
joyce_ma: |
Thats gr8! RT @BrianHunt04: before every event we sit down and review the hotel plan and our plan and everyone is in the know. #eventprofs |
| 4:42 pm |
pcmahq: |
Taking the #CMP Exam in July? Let #PCMA help you with an interactive cram course webinar. #mpi#eventprofs http://bit.ly/b6I4rL |
| 4:45 pm |
sidneyallen: |
I <3 my caipirinha! Blame it on Rio!!! ;-) #eventprofs (via @TheEventsGuru) I second that!!! |
| 4:46 pm |
conniepgilbert: |
@BrianHunt04 what r blended events? #eventprofs |
| 4:48 pm |
KSCollaborative: |
RT @TheEventsGuru: @eventsforgood Thinking spontaneously is a learned trait, something that comes w/ experience #eventprofs |
| 4:49 pm |
conniepgilbert: |
@eventsforgood got it. thx #eventprofs |
| 4:50 pm |
BMACMPI: |
Just spoke with Vanc Olympic 2010 CEO and #MPI #WEC10 keynote John Furlong on changing the world http://tinyurl.com/23n79yl #eventprofs |
| 4:50 pm |
BrianHunt04: |
I love this! Give them a TASTE!!! Virtual gets them excited for F2F #ts2show #eventprofs |
| 4:52 pm |
D_Elms: |
Don't over-rule expertise you pay us for! RT @brandtkrueger: What's most common thing you wish you cd tell clients but can't? #eventprofs |
| 4:55 pm |
BrianHunt04: |
Virtual events need to be engaging for the participant or you lose them to emails, internet etc... #ts2show #eventprofs |
| 4:55 pm |
VirtuallyAmaz: |
RT @BrianHunt04: Virtual events need to be engaging for the participant or you lose them to emails, internet etc... #ts2show #eventprofs |
| 4:56 pm |
smartmeetings: |
NEWS| @VillageatSquaw expands event space ten-fold! http://bit.ly/dkzIBd #eventprofs #meetings#hotels #resorts |
| 4:59 pm |
BrianHunt04: |
would you not consider a hybrid or blended event a Virtual event that preceeds your F2F meeting? #ts2show #eventprofs |
| 5:00 pm |
BrianHunt04: |
or for that matter pre and post virtual to your F2F? #ts2show #eventprofs |
| 5:02 pm |
VirtuallyAmaz: |
Great idea to start/continue the topic RT @BrianHunt04: or for that matter pre and post virtual to your F2F? #ts2show #eventprofs |
| 5:03 pm |
BrianHunt04: |
@VirtuallyAmaz Thanks! It just makes sense to use the Virtual to extend the life of your meeting. #ts2show #eventprofs |
| 5:03 pm |
eventsforgood: |
@TheEventsGuru Thanks for attending!! #eventprofs |
| 5:03 pm |
jillnickerson: |
Cvent says its upswing in business means face-to-face meetings are on the upswing:http://bit.ly/9Hn3qn #eventprofs |
| 5:05 pm |
lizkingevents: |
Event Elephant launches a Facebook application for planners #eventprofs http://ht.ly/2aUeK |
| 5:05 pm |
XtremeExhibits: |
#Eventprofs ! FLEXIBLE flat planel DIGITAL display on the market? http://bit.ly/d4PS4j View photo:http://tweetphoto.com/32828451 #tradeshow |
| 5:05 pm |
eventsforgood: |
So folks, unfortunately, looks like we are out of time. We'll catch up on this subject again soon! Thanks to all attending! #eventprofs |
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