 Corbin's January/February 2018 TechTalk Newsletter |
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Happy New Year! Welcome to the latest edition of Corbin's TechTalk Newsletter providing the latest in technology to nearly 11,000 events, tradeshows and hospitality professionals in over 70 countries. This issue is packed with articles, links, videos and ideas on how you can use technology to improve the business process for events and tradeshows. In this issue:
As someone who sees a wide array of event designs in the 30-40 events I attend annually, it is refreshing to see a number of innovative event designs in a single conference. This was the case with the recent EventTech conference in Las Vegas produced by EventMarketer.com. Here are some of the novel ideas shown at the event. This #EventIcons video recorded by Will Curran with James Spellos, Nick Borelli, Brandt Krueger and me covers a wide event Tech trends coming for 2018.
Recent articles have indicated that many organizations attempting to deploy a Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) technology solution have not experienced the savings and improvement they expected. In many instances, the reason has nothing to do with the technology selected – but the internal procedures and processes that have either stymied the adoption or indirectly impacted the adoption. One approach to ensuring the success of your SMM technology selection and deployment would be to follow the Six Sigma project flow of DMAIC. This guest post by Robert Walters describes the process on how to do this. NEW ARTICLE: What are Blockchain and Ethereum and How Can They Be Used for Events? Blockchain and Ethereum, although in their infancy, have great potential for fraud-proof, interactive e-ticketing for events. This article will cover some of the basics in these new technologies. Got fun videos? Or helpful business or meeting planning links? Send them to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
6 Meeting Industry-Related Sites:
6 Business/Utility/Reference Sites:
6 Sites Just for Fun:
QUOTES OF THE MONTH:
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“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” -- Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1965
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"Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears and never regrets." -- Leonardo Da Vinci
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SHORT-SIGHTED TECHNOLOGY PREDICTIONS OF THE MONTH:
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"There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will." -- Albert Einstein, 1932.
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"With over fifteen types of foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big share of the market for itself." -- Business Week, August 1968.
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My January/February travel schedule brings me to Nashville, Las Vegas (twice), Istanbul and a few other places as well via webinars. Click the link above for specific details and links. I would love to make your city one of my destinations as well, so please contact me and let's set a date.
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