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Cooking Up Culinary Excellence

Smart Meetings

But Albright was the first; for her, it was a difficult path to pave her way in a role that no woman had ever held before. Even fewer are executive chefs, at 12%. Called to the profession, she worked tirelessly to gain as much experience as possible. I want that for my daughter,” said Seo. Women chefs on average earn $0.91

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Bounce Back Stronger: Analyzing and Learning from Event Failures

Bizzaboo

Understanding these common pitfalls is the first step toward ensuring your next event is a success. Ineffective Marketing and Promotion An event cannot succeed without attendees; people won’t come if they don’t know about the event or aren’t sufficiently persuaded of its value.

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Don’t Believe Everything You See on Twitter About a San Francisco Meeting Apocalypse

Smart Meetings

San Francisco’s welcoming people, its unbeatable food scene, and its endless activity regularly lead to record-breaking meeting attendance. The City of Innovation has a history of resiliency and is already reinventing itself Rumors of a mass exodus from San Francisco’s ballrooms and expo floors are turning out to be premature, indeed.

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Behind the Scenes: Our Journey To Becoming a Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader

Bizzaboo

Being a Leader is not just a nice marketing catchphrase, it’s a meaningful acknowledgment from an impartial, trusted source of technology insights that we “execute well against [our] current vision and are well positioned for tomorrow.” Validate our claims with as many proof points as possible.

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Econ Dev 40 Under 40 Winners: Where are they now?

DCI

The Economic Development 40 Under 40 Awards, co-hosted by Development Counsellors International (DCI) and Jorgenson Consulting, are just around the corner. Nathan Ohle | President and CEO, International Economic Development Council. Cathy Chambers | Economic Development Director, Florida Power and Light Company.

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How Five Women are Leading the Way in Hospitality

Smart Meetings

I realize some people save their money for a year to go on one family vacation and getting to be a part of making a lifetime of memories was my mark and my passion. Later in my career, I found my inspiration through developing, teaching, training and leading teams of employees. Read on and you may just find your inspiration.

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Is There A Future for Women In Tourism Leadership?

DCI

She believes that highlighting diversity where it does – and can – exist, as well as conveying the upbeat experience of working in travel can bring in more people to the fold. Today, Mariani is Chief Executive Officer at Victoria Tourism Industry Council. Failure, for her, is part of success and young professionals shouldn’t fear it.

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