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Corbin Ball Interview

June 4th, 2009
Corbin Ball

Corbin Ball

I had the pleasure of interviewing Corbin Ball this past Tuesday. Corbin is a well-known speaker, author, and consultant focusing on technology in the meetings and hospitality industries. Listen to the interview below to find out what he thinks the meetings industry needs and why he thinks smeepe is so intriguing!

Enjoy – Corbin Ball Interview

(Unfortunately, I’m not that great of an interviewer, sorry about that!)

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IMEX Frankfurt 2009

May 29th, 2009

IMEX Frankfurt 2009 is a wrap!

Although the expo was a bit smaller than last year, I had some great scheduled and impromptu meetings and chats with some amazing people. I had the pleasure of spending some time chatting with Samuel Smith, former Spotme employee and event tech advocate.

I also ran into the one and only Corbin Ball while listening to a presentation at the Slovakia Booth – they had some yummy appetizers there! I had the opportunity to tell him within 10 seconds what smeepe is and will definitely meet up with him again at EIBTM in Barcelona.

Chatting about MPI, World Education Conference, and MeetDifferent with MPI’s VP of Knowledge & Events, Vicki Hawarden, was fantastic! I will definitely be onboard at MeetDifferent in 2010.

Another great bunch of contacts I made were with the Ritz-Carlton crew, Deutsche Bahn Driver Service & Event Service, the entire Canadian booth team, and the Malaysia booth folks. They had an amazing band for their happy hour, American Journey.

Even though the show floor was a bit smaller and visitor traffic was less than last year, I felt like I had more time to discuss with exhibitors, which was a plus for me. There were only a few organizational things that I think could have been better, which I will definitely give as feedback to the organizers.

I’m excited to see you all again at IMEX 2010 (at our own booth!), and would definitely recommend newcomers join the fun!

Our next stop is the STB in Berlin, June 16 – 17th.

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