Tag: conventions

Travel & event planning

Preservation is Everything in Buffalo

On April 9, 2012 by

Last October, the National Trust for Historic Preservation held its annual convention in Buffalo, where attendees had a chance to make up their own minds about the city. By Kevin Woo  One+ | April 2012 BUFFALO, N.Y., HAS SUFFERED FROM AN IDENTITY CRISIS FOR MANY YEARS. AND WHO COULD BLAME IT? In the past four years, Forbes has named it

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Travel & event planning

Houston’s Southern Culture on the Rise

On March 8, 2012 by

 The American Association of Museums conference in Houston last year was the most welcoming event the organization has ever experienced. By Kevin Woo  One+ | March 5, 2012 WHEN YOU THINK OF THE WORLD’S GREAT CULTURAL CENTERS, CITIES SUCH AS CAIRO, LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON, D.C., ARE LIKELY TO IMMEDIATELY COME TO MIND.

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Science and Technology

Getting the Message Out Using Social Media

On March 7, 2012 by

According to one Northern California-based meeting planner, social media marketing is key to driving up event attendance. By Kevin Woo  One + | February 2010 NOT LONG AGO THE PHRASE “GUERRILLA MARKETING” REFERRED TO UNCONVENTIONAL MARKETING PRACTICES that relied primarily on ingenuity and imagination—think Apple’s 1984 George Orwell commercial that launched the Macintosh computer—or ingenious

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Travel & event planning

Youth For Change

On March 7, 2012 by

The 2008 National Service-Learning Conference in Minneapolis shows how service-learning can build academic skills and citizenship among young adults, as well as communicating the need for involvement within local and global communities. By Kevin Woo One + | October 2009 “THE WORLD IS PASSING THROUGH TROUBLOUS TIMES,” an Amiens priest once said. “The young people

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Travel & event planning

Insider Knowledge in Beijing

On March 7, 2012 by

  To tackle a challenge of finding things do in Beijing, a planner reverse engineered the process of identifying the cool and hip places for a GLBT group to visit. By Kevin Woo  | May/June 2010  CHINA’S HISTORY CAN BE TRACED AS FAR BACK AS 2100 B.C., but documenting the major events that defined the

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Travel & event planning

Abu Dhabi – Middle East Central

On March 7, 2012 by

By Kevin Woo  One+ | January 3, 2011 OIL AND WATER DON’T MIX, SAYS THE CLICHE. BUT THAT WASN’T THE CASE for the organizers of the recent Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC). Abu Dhabi, the UAE’s largest emirate, is a T-shaped island city that sits a quarter-mile off the mainland. Oil and

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Travel & event planning

Breaking Bread in Portland

On March 6, 2012 by

The International Association of Culinary Professionals’ 2010 conference shows that food can be the first step in bridging a divide between different countries, religions and generations. By Kevin Woo  September 2010 KAMAL MOUZAWAK WANTS TO BRING PEACE TO THE MIDDLE EAST, and his weapons  of choice include flatbread,  baked  goods and chickpeas.  Strange ammunition you

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