<html><div>At 06:43 PM 2/20/99 -0800, you wrote:</div>
<div>>I will soon be opening the space at a large conference of
professionals in</div>
<div>>the hospitality industry, and am asking for your thoughts and
support.</div>
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<div>>First, can someone remind me how to get software or templates
for the</div>
<div>>purpose of inputting deliberations to be printed out?</div>
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<div>You will find the details of all this set out pretty well in the 2nd
edition of the User's Guide (Berrett-Koehler/1997) But basically the
easiest way is to make a template in Word or WordPerfect.</div>
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<div>>The conference brochure looks good, and a special letter has
been</div>
<div>>distributed to invite participants into the open space. The
theme is issues</div>
<div>>and opportunities for the industry in the new millenium. We
expect 350-450</div>
<div>>people. The facilities, main room, breakouts, etc. are terrific.
I know</div>
<div>>that we'll have to close the space formally, and remind folks
that the Law</div>
<div>>is not in effect for the next two days.</div>
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<div>I am not sure that I would remind them to do anything. After all the
law of two feet says nothing more than they would do anyhow -- if not
with their two feet, then for sure with their wandering minds and hearts.
It is only that when you connect the feet to the heart and mind something
like honest seems to happen. Which might not be a bad thing.</div>
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<div>>Anything in particular to which you think I should pay
attention? What</div>
<div>>differences do you notice between annual conferences and
organizational</div>
<div>>planning events?</div>
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<div>It is all pretty much the same thing as far as I can tell, except
that annual conferences sometimes lack the focus and therefore passion.
If the meeting is done only as a social event (which sometimes happens)
people don't care about too much except having a good time. </div>
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<div>>I'm committed to having a good time, sharing open space with
them, and if</div>
<div>>thirty people stay through the day I'm fine with that. However,
I would</div>
<div>>like to extend the possibility that the day will be the best
they have ever</div>
<div>>experienced.</div>
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<div>Good luck!!!</div>
<br>
Harrison
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