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Welcome to Corbin's TechTalk Newsletter, entering its ninth year of providing the latest in technology for events, tradeshows and hospitality professionals in more than 65 countries.
I have just returned from a very fun speaking engagement on my very first cruise. Sponsored by Landry & Kling with stops in several Spanish and Portuguese ports, this "Seminar at Sea" celebrated L&K's 25th anniversary. It was a wonderful "all-inclusive" event experience.
This issue focuses on a range of meetings technology topics including recent mobile-phone developments (including the impact of the iPhone), web conferencing tips, new podcasts, lots of links, and much more.
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NEW ARTICLE:
The Future of Mobile Phones for the Events Industry
The mobile revolution is transforming the way that people communicate, get information, find their way around, buy things, and the way that event professionals (already a highly mobile lot) will do business. This article covers the convergence of several technology trends with many event-related applications. 
NEW PODCASTS: Two New Podcast Clips from Corbin
More clips from the Expo Magazine podcast series at www.expopodcast.com with professionally produced 20-minute programs on tradeshow news and a bi-weekly 4-6 minute technology interviews with Corbin in MP3. The title links below go directly to my recent interviews, while the web link above takes you to a directory of the programs.
 MP3 File: The Video Revolution's Impact on Events
MP3 File: Exhibit Sales Lessons Learned from a Turkish Carpet Salesman
Simply click on the link and it will launch the media player on your PC or right-click on the link and select "Save Target As..." for a download for your MP3 Player.
NEW ARTICLE:
Successful Web Conferencing and Webinars Tips
Web conferencing and webinars provide low-cost ways of exchanging information to geographically separated attendees – without the hassles and costs of travel.
Sure, these tools won’t replace face-to-face meetings in their ability to build relationships, brainstorm, or network, but they should be considered by meeting planners as viable alternatives to some meetings, especially when information exchange is the key component.
There are some challenges, however. In this article, I will briefly cover three things to remember and two cautions when planning and running webinars.
NEWS
TechTalk begins its 9th year
With nearly 7,000 subscribers in more than 65 countries, this newsletter keeps growing. I am honored to have your support as a subscriber and I extend my hearty thanks to the sponsors who make this newsletter possible. As always, your feedback is valued. If you know of anyone that may be interested in receiving a copy, please forward this newsletter on.
EIBTM Technology Hours: Tuesday-Thursday 1:00pm-2:00pm 27-29 November 2007
http://www.eibtm.com/page.cfm/link=124
Back by popular demand, Tony Carey, CMP, CMM and I will debate the impact of technology on the events industry on Wednesday 28 November immediately before the WWTW award presentation. This is one of three technology programs scheduled, one for each day of EIBTM.
More of Corbin's Articles in Spanish
Two more articles (High-Tech Mapping for Meetings and Meetings Technology Milestones) have been translated into Spanish with more to come. Thanks to Thomas MacFarlane from Event Planner Spain (www.eventplannerspain.com), for providing the translation services.
21 Web Site Favorites for Business and Fun
5 Meeting Industry Sites:
StarCite TV
http://www.starcite.tv/
Beta release of a meeting-planning web center including hotel listings, 360 images, videos, blogs and more.
Interesting RFID Case Study
http://www.fishsoftware.com/vi/privateevent.pdf
Radio-frequency ID used to track attendee movements and traffic.
ShowGo
http://www.seattlesoftware.com/
For tradeshow exhi bitors to manage company's exhibit booth logistics, budget, marketing, and other tasks in this Web/SQL hybrid product.
A2Z NetZone
http://www.a2zinc.net/show6/public/Content214.aspx
Excellent networking and appointment program designed for tradeshows and large events. The matching algorithm appears to work well.
SpaceShare
http://www.spaceshare.com
Green meeting ideas, tools and links.
7 Favorite Utility/Reference Sites:
Free Video and Screen Capture and Sharing Tool
http://www.jingproject.com/
This very cool Web 2.0 tool allows you to capture (and annotate) anything you see on your computer screen (video included), save it to your hard drive or share it as a link. Installation of .NET 3.0 framework required.
Create, store and share slideshows online for free
http://www.slide.com/
Flash Earth
http://tinyurl.com/253rc5
Nice satellite imaging site.
Identity 2.0 Video
http://www.identity20.com/media/OSCON2005/
Interesting video on web identity verification trends. Thanks to Dave Lutz for the link suggestion.
Song Facts: Find Out More About Your Favorite Song
http://www.songfacts.com/
Interesting nanotechnology video
http://www.flixxy.com/nanotechnology-101.htm
Anatomy of a Black Hole
http://www.thinktechnologies.com/portfolio/demos/Blackhole.html
9 Sites for Fun:
101 Years of Women in Film (1907-2007)
http://www.flixxy.com/women-in-film.htm
Amazing Illusion by Magician Kevin James
http://www.flixxy.com/cutting-edge-magic.htm
Jay Leno with "Anti-Helium" Gas
http://www.flixxy.com/anti-helium.htm
Oddee
http://www.oddee.com/
Hours of bizarre and interesting photos and stories here.
Talking Meat?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmD8I0jztWY
Very funny animation of alien robots contemplating "meat-based" life forms.
Daniel Tammant - Savant Extraordinaire
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4913196365903075662
Amazing 47-minute video about a "brainman" who can do calculations to 100 decimal places in his head, learn a language in a week and recite Pi to 22,000 numbers.
Human Beat-Box Video
http://www.flixxy.com/beatbox-cooking-tips.htm
Computer Animation Humor
http://tinyurl.com/37s6xo
How Not To Use PowerPoint
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLpjrHzgSRM
Thanks to Dave Lutz for the above two link suggestions.
QUOTE OF THE MONTH:
"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." - Michelangelo
SHORT-SIGHTED TECHNOLOGY QUOTE OF THE MONTH:
"I watched his countenance closely, to see if he was not deranged ... and I was assured by other senators after he left the room that they had no confidence in it."
U.S. Senator Smith of Indiana, after witnessing a demonstration of Samuel Morse’s telegraph (1842)
RECENT ARTICLES WITH QUOTES FROM CORBIN:
Mtg. Buyers Reconsider Remote Conferencing's Role
http://tinyurl.com/3cpq75
Business Travel News article by Elissa Hunter
Meetings (and Society) Forty Years from Now
http://www.4hoteliers.com/4hots_fshw.php?mwi=2309
4Hoteliers reprint of my article.
Meetings 2020
http://www.meetings411.com/displayarticle.asp?id=9048
MeetingsFocus article by Ruth Hill
Planit Podcast 99 - Travel 2.0 Effects on Events
http://tinyurl.com/2qdck5
Checklist for "The Social Revolution"
http://tinyurl.com/3ybwhe
Successful Meetings' article by Terri Hardin
e-RFPs: What You Need to Know
http://tinyurl.com/2wleva
MeetingsNet article by Corrie Dosh.
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