While I plan to sit and think about the many things I heard this morning at the opening session for MeetDifferent '09 - I do want to post what I believe to be the take home message.
While we are facing times where our 401K is more like a 201K and the general news of the GLOBAL economy is bleak, we need to understand that this is a GLOBAL problem that will require a GLOBAL solution.
As Meeting Planners it is our responsibility to stop apologizing the for desire to meet! Now more than ever it is important for people to come together to find solutions, be creative and learn. The BEST way for this to happen is face to face.
Let's learn to "bring order to chaos"
More later ... for now I am hungry and it's almost lunch time!
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