Posted on October 2nd, 2008 by Cynthia D'Amour
And my feet are baby soft.
Yesterday, I left Ann Arbor to hide away to finish my new book, The Lazy Leader’s Guide to Outrageous Results.
Today, I got writer’s block.
Ugh.
Maybe I just needed to relax a bit.
Create space for the new ideas to flow.
I decided to try out a doctor fish pedicure.
You dunk your feet in a vat filled with [...]
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Posted on August 4th, 2008 by Cynthia D'Amour
Mark did.
Mark LeBlanc is finishing his year as president of the National Speakers Association.
He chose a theme for the year - NSA Rocks - and it’s been incorporated consistently into member experiences.
Promotions featured a flaming logo.
Rock stars provided performance tips.
The convention was repositioned as three day concert.
When Mark took the stage to welcome everyone [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Cynthia D'Amour
He let out the word out late Friday night.
Andy, a volunteer with American Society of Association Executives, is also a social networking guru kind of guy.
Andy leaked the news of a secret session at a secret time at the upcoming annual meeting taking place in San Diego.
Two secret speakers would debate the impact of social [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2008 by Cynthia D'Amour
Provides a new twist to a traditional event.
In St. Petersburg, Florida you can get married in a floating wedding chapel.
It’s the perfect way to combine a formal wedding with a beach setting.
As the bride and groom exchange vows, the floating chapel tours the waters.
What a fun way to have it all!
(I almost wanted to [...]
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Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Cynthia D'Amour
Spent in class - not with Mickey.
This weekend, James and I participated in Ford Saeks’ marketing intensive event.
I hadn’t looked forward to what I thought would be a grueling learning experience…
10-14 hour days in class.
Having to sit still for such a long time.
And let someone else do the bulk of the talking!
Ford’s [...]
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Posted on April 20th, 2008 by Cynthia D'Amour
Created quite the splash.
This weekend, James competed in the Michigan Master’s State Meet.
James is a distance swimmer.
One of his events was the 1650 yard freestyle.
That’s equivalent to one mile.
Freestyle means crawl to most - but not to James.
He prefers to compete in distant events doing the butterfly stroke.
And this weekend, boy did James butterfly [...]
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Posted on April 17th, 2008 by Cynthia D'Amour
At least that’s what the lady said.
Yesterday I spent the day in Washington, DC brainstorming with association executives the potential impacts of trends on the future of associations.
Charged by all the ideas spinning in my head, I floated down the Metro station escalator - and got in the wrong train!
I needed to get the [...]
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Posted on March 28th, 2008 by Cynthia D'Amour
I am so tired of snow I could scream!
I thought spring had arrived.
The temperatures were in the 40s.
I was buzzing around without my winter coat.
It was time.
Or so I thought!
Yesterday afternoon I saw some of the biggest snowflakes I’ve ever seen falling with fury and once again wrapping Ann Arbor in a blanket of [...]
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