Had an incredibly busy last day of the conference, and took a lot of notes to flesh out in blog posts, and perhaps will get a chance to do so. But just finally got back to my room and have an early am flight tomorrow so won’t get to post everything I wanted before leaving.
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Just a few of the things/trends I noticed on the expo floor the last couple of days:

So many Wiis! Like, too many. I felt kind of bad for the exhibitors who had them — not because people weren’t enjoying them, but because they didn’t stand out. Sort of like iPod giveaways a few years ago. [...]

Also at the Food & Wine Classic … an older gentleman said he used to live in San Diego in the ’80s and he pointed toward an area that, he said, used to be known as the place where “hippies” and drug addicts hung out. “Lots of people with no teeth,” he said.
“Really?” I said. [...]

A gentleman is attending who is a member and officer of his association, not a staff person. Someone said: “Wow, what’s it been like listening to all these association people complain about their members and Boards?”

An important point raised during this morning’s workshop on “The Power of Partnerships” (yes, my second workshop on partnerships — can you sense a theme?) was about planning for failure. Jeff Tenenbaum, an attorney with the Venable law firm (and an excellent attorney he is — he is our organization’s outside counsel) talked about ensuring [...]

Good workshop today on “International Partnerships” from the CEO of the Society of Petroleum Engineers assisted by the manager of the association’s Dubai office. Primarily focused on case studies of SPE’s activities co-presenting conferences and events on various continents. I attended and took note because we may be looking at some international partnerships down the [...]