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> 32 CONNECTIONS > B Y J E S S I E S TAT E S It Was Not Interesting JAMES WARD CONSIDERS HIMSELF BORING. He blogs about the different kinds of transportation he uses, the peculiar questions in his Trivial Pursuit board game, his inability to use a hotel sink. I ask him to explain to me how—as even the most seasoned meeting profs struggled to attract attendance and break even—he conceived and staged a sell-out event that was also, in a word, boring. Ward says he has no idea, he didn’t realize these were hard times and he just kind of did it. Honestly, I shouldn’t have asked. I already know why Boring 2010 was an unmitigated success. Ward built his conference on an already existing community of oddball bloggers, thinkers and readers. The group’s individual members aren’t necessarily friends, at least not in the face-to-face, one+ 02.11

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of One + February 2011

One + February 2011
Contents
Energy of Many
Impressions
The Productivity Cloud
Overheard
Agenda
MPIWeb Connect
Thoughts+Leaders
Events for Life
Gateway to the Future
Top Spots
It Was Not Interesting
Irrelevant
The Wrong Words
Up to Snuff
That’s Enough Facebook
Super Foods to the Rescue
Shoring Resources
Jack and Smoke
Accidentally on Purpose
Staying on Top of Tech
The Joy of Work
Plan to Run
Productivity on the Go
Angel of the Favelas
Your Community
Making a Difference
Until We Meet Again
MPI’s 2011 Meeting Guide to Canada
Contents
Banff Centre
Ottawa Tourism
Tourisme Montréal
The Buzz
InterContinental Canada
Caesars Windsor
Vintage Hotels
The Great Green North
Whistler, British Columbia
Meetings and Conventions Calgary
Scotiabank Convention Centre

One + February 2011