by Sheila Scarborough | May 20, 2013 | Meetings and Conferences, Web Communications
Take a look at the speaker line-up for almost any tourism conference. How many of them are working staff members at a Tourist Board, CVB (Convention and Visitors Bureau) or other destination marketing organization, and how many of the people who are presenting... by Sheila Scarborough | Nov 3, 2012 | Economic Development, Meetings and Conferences, Web Communications
This year, two of my very favorite conferences fell on the same day, November 8: the Social Media Tourism Symposium (SoMeT for short) (update – now, sadly, defunct) in El Paso, Texas and State of NOW SmallTown in Hutchinson, Kansas. It was one of those... by Sheila Scarborough | Jul 19, 2011 | Meetings and Conferences, Web Communications
Decisions, decisions…. Budgets are tight these days (Washington State’s tourism organization was completely disbanded this month) and yet there is a wealth of great content ready to be absorbed and connections to be made during the fall conference season....