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		<title>Meetings That Stick</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to get the most out of the conferences you attend – both at the event and afterwards
by Colleen Seto
It’s happened to the best of us. You attend a conference, learn new skills and get motivated to put them into action. But back at the office, things are hectic and it’s all you can do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unconventional Wisdom</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From monthly committee meetings to the annual  corporate bash, three industry experts give tips to plan an event that will leave participants counting   down the days until the next one
Interviews by Emily Senger
Ian MacGillivray, Conference Planner
In a market brimming with event planners, Ian MacGillivray saw the need for a company that takes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Me In &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/03/meet-me-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glimpse the future of the meeting business through today’s state-of-the-art venues
by Malwina Gudowska


Kimberley Conference and
Athlete Training Centre
Location: Kimberley, B.C.
Cost: $7 million
Size: 24,000 square feet
Completion date: September 2010

“Budgets are not what they used to be,” says Heather Hornoi, economic development officer for the City of Kimberley. “If you have one conference a year instead of four, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impress the Pros</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/03/impress-the-pros/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2009/03/impress-the-pros/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three event planning experts talk about winning ideas from the best occasions they’ve ever attended, and how you can incorporate these into your own event 
by Colleen Seto



MEET THE EXPERTS
Jocelyn Flanagan, CEO of the international award-winning event company, E=mc2 in Calgary. Two recent high-profile events E=mc2 planned were the David Foster Foundation Gala in Calgary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Get What You Pay For</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/03/how-to-get-what-you-pay-for/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2009/03/how-to-get-what-you-pay-for/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don’t stop investing in trade shows, training, meetings and conferences. Just do it wisely. Here’s how
by Caitlin Crawshaw
When the economy experiences a downturn, many people’s knee-jerk reaction is to slash marketing and training budgets in an effort to curtail expenditures. You may think it’s a reasonable instinct. But when the economy turns, so the logic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closing The Expectations Gap</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/03/closing-the-expectations-gap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A manager wants an employee to go to a conference to learn. The employee wants a holiday. A writer goes undercover to find out what will please both – and keep people coming back year after year
by Lisa Ricciotti
I’ve been there, done that – and sometimes came home with a T-shirt. During the corporate chapters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan&#8217;s Meeting Places 2009</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/03/me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our updated directory of more than 200 venues to hold your next meeting
Stand-alone version (12.5 Mb PDF)
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		<title>Scared Stiff</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2006/03/scared-stiff/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2006/03/scared-stiff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet the people you want to know and increase business by squashing your fear of networking
By Todd Hirsch
Do you ever feel like a wallflower? Is there a knot in the pit of your stomach when you walk into a room full of complete strangers? Do you wish that you could be get more out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Show Me the ROI</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2006/03/show-me-the-roi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 19:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If hosting an event is a significant part of a company strategy, why wait till the last chair is put away to start talking about return on investment?
By Phoebe Dey
Three words well known in the financial world are shaking up the meeting industry,  requiring planners to take on a whole new role when it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make it Happen</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2005/03/make-it-happen/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2005/03/make-it-happen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 16:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Event Planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[14 ways to guarantee a great event
Humpf! That’s a sound we hear all the time from our Meeting and Convention Planning Guide readers. No sooner than an event ends, another one begins.

Edited by Tracy Hyatt
illustration by Adrian D’Alimonte
This year the boss wants to hold a golf tournament followed by an evening gala. It’s more pomp, [...]]]></description>
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