I just ran across an article I wrote for Association Meetings a while back on social, military, educational, religious, and fraternal (SMERF) meetings, and thought this part of it is still pretty funny--and relevant: ...

According to an article on hotel-online, The Fairfield Inn by Marriott is among the hotels that don’t just chuck or auction off the old stuff after a renovation. Instead, they donate them to Habitat for Humanity and other charitable organizations...

Earlier in the week I went into a mini-rant about how hard it is to be a semi-vegetarian in a high-protein, low-carb-crazed meeting world. Then I got to thinking maybe it's just me, and that meetings really aren't going Atkins-friendly. Not, at...

If you ever start feeling that you can't make a difference, keep this quote from Margaret Mead in mind: ...