I'm About to Make Like a Pea, and Split… To Vegas Baby!
I'm feverishly working to wrap things up before I travel to Las Vegas on Thursday for an About.com guide event. They used to call these things "conventions," but when that term became associated with drunken debauchery, they started using euphemisms like, "Team Building," "Corporate Retreat," and "Company [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 18:07:00
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outbound training team building
BUMIKAHYANGAN is located on the top of the hill of peaceful mountain Manglayang , Jatinangor region, Bandung city, West Java, Indonesia ... environment for: youth camps, retreats , picnics , family reunions, corporate team building, weddings [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 03:07:09
Power Play by Joseph Finder
Jake works for a major airplane manufacturer. Substituted in at the last moment for his boss, he's sent on a weekend retreat with senior corporate execs for a team building off site meeting. During the first night's dinner, they are surprised by a group of "hunters" who take the group [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 19:53:00
Wow.
For the first time in a long time, the country will have adult supervision. Congratulations to everyone who wanted this as much as I did ... on a corporate team-building retreat (oh joy) for three days, so the Planet will be dark for a while [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 15:32:36
Inhale vs. Exhale. The metal vocal wars rage on as old men like me look on.
Sergeant D presenting during the Metal Inquisition corporate retreat. That's our administrative assistant Pearl to his left ... forum. During this yearly retreat, we partake in the usual team building exercises, review possible ... weekend, the annual Metal Inquistion retreat took place in an undisclosed rural location [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 05:02:00
lokasi area tempat retreat
BUMIKAHYANGAN is located on the top of the hill of peaceful mountain Manglayang , Jatinangor region, Bandung city, West Java, Indonesia ... environment for: youth camps, retreats , picnics , family reunions, corporate team building, weddings [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 09:46:45
30 ROCK: Retreat to Move Forward
First of all, who wouldn’t want Liz Lemon as a camp buddy at a corporate retreat? ... in professional settings and everything. So thumbs up on the forced funtivities and cutthroat team building of Jack’s Six Sigma Retreat to Move Forward, which is just dumb enough, corporately speaking [more...]
Date: 2009-01-26 04:55:57
Can't We All Just Get Along?
Can't We All Just Get Along? So the bill that everyone was eagerly awaiting.. ... . us. Someone needs to send all these politicians on one of those lame corporate retreats where you do trust falls and team building exercises...where you learn to cooperate and work together [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 16:15:38
outbound training dahsyat di bumikahyangan bandung
BUMIKAHYANGAN is located on the top of the hill of peaceful mountain Manglayang , Jatinangor region, Bandung city, West Java, Indonesia ... environment for: youth camps, retreats , picnics , family reunions, corporate team building, weddings [more...]
Date: 2008-09-23 17:43:01
Cutting Edge Inspirational Speaker!
If I told you that someone was plagued with chronic infections, dislocating their shoulder 13 times, depression, diabetes and then cancer .. ... and relevant topics including empowerment, change, health, intuition, stress, the economy, team building ... and entrepreneur who has spent the past 15 years speaking at corporate events, retreats, workshops [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 19:13:35
Former Civil Service College Chalet
In 2006, SLA offered up for tender the site of the former civil service college chalet ... retreats for the conduct of team building, leadership or motivational activities. This is to cater ... will be set aside for short term rental. Corporate retreats, bonding sessions and other adventure [more...]
Date: 2008-02-18 18:20:00
Education and Reform: Personal Reflections on the Duncan Pick
In my time as a high school teacher, I worked for two distinctly different principals ... to attend a four-day “team-building” retreat cooked up by Human Resources evil-doers. Well-dressed twenty-something corporate trainers barraged us with platitudes [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 14:19:00
MOVIE: Severance (2006)
Now that we’re nearing Halloween, my goal for the next two weeks is to watch as many horror movies as I can, so if you’re not a fan of incredibly, ... opens with a group of British office folk on a bus to Hungary for a little team-building ... their company recently purchased a luxury lodge in the woods for corporate retreats. On the way [more...]
Date: 2008-10-20 19:41:52
Protea Hotel Clarens - Bloemfontein - Clarens
Searching for accommodation in Bloemfontein then search no more ... location for conferences, corporate functions and team building exercises alike. Activities ... . This artists’ haven is a tapestry steeped in history and rich in legend.This retreat is at the foothills [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 17:28:02
‘Tis the Season for Company Retreats
This year at Campfire, we’re forgoing our annual company team-building offsite in favor of a bowling outing. BOWLING. That’s high-level BS, I say. We have a wonderful history of corporate retreats here at Campfire. How are we ever going to bond, to grow as a family and unite as a single-minded corporate entity if we don’t drill down [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 18:07:35
Finance
The last chapter of this spellbinding (at least to me) campaign narrative culminated with John McCain’s New Hampshire victory on January 8, 2008 ... it would take a serious transformation; one similar to a start-up company going corporate overnight ... RNC campaign efforts. In fact, we held the first victory event in my office in the Willard Building [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 22:26:18
Something different for your weekend
Just good stuff — can ya stand it ?? Here I am again, in time for weekend reads; had a bit of a bug this week, but I’m feeling better now. Politics has been rushing ahead like a gusher from an overfilled dam these last few days, and I could only coast awhile before feeling like I’d better grab my paddle and get back into the current [more...]
Date: 2009-02-27 23:34:13
Do Republicans Want America to Fail?
Calling Out the Conservative Lies on Stimulus by Joe Brewer - Common Dreams We are in the midst of a major ideological battle. If progressives win, we'll have more jobs, better schools, and the first real steps toward a sustainable economy in our history. Conservatives in Congress don't want this to happen. Why? [more...]
Date: 2009-02-06 12:57:00
Planning Victory in Afghanistan
By Frederick W. Kagan President Obama has said many times that America must succeed in Afghanistan. He is right, and he deserves our full support in that effort. Afghanistan is in many respects harder to understand than Iraq was. Even with a good strategy and sufficient resources, success will almost certainly come much more slowly [more...]
Date: 2009-02-12 06:05:00
Casual Day, 2007
Something like a neutered cross between Dan Pita's bituminous satire on dysfunctional leadership, Orienteering , ... for an overnight team building retreat in the country dubbed as "casual day" where neckties are shed ... of team building exercises that serve only to reinforce institutionalized power structures [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 19:50:35
30 Rock 3.09 - Never Badmouth Synergy
Jack is in Liz’s office, telling her about his gig as keynote speaker at the GE Six Sigma Retreat to Move Forward in Croton-on-Hudson (which is where real GE training is done). Liz recalls performing at corporate retreats during her improv days with Jenna. Jack is apprehensive; he hasn’t seen much of these people since Geiss went [more...]
Date: 2009-01-29 13:22:01
Thought Leadership International « Thought Leadership
The worlds very best thought leaders and original thinkers with years of experience in bringing about change for individuals ... time. Jay's Alcove - Jay and You Challenger's Corporate Mentor: Great presentations ... : ... LA's The Place - Los Angeles Magazine “Green with Music” Eco Gifting Retreat Invites Music’s Stars [more...]
Date: 2009-02-18 11:32:55
STATE OF OUR U.S. ECONOMY
February 4, 2009 Senate OKs $15,000 tax break for homebuyers By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent ABC News – Concerns Over Economic Stimulus AFP – US President Barack Obama speaks regarding executive compensation in Cross Hall at the White House in … WASHINGTON – The [more...]
Date: 2009-02-15 05:05:59
The Anti-Renaissance Man: One Chicago teacher fights to save the city’s public schools
Education administrators in business suits are gathered, miniature complimentary bottles of San Pellegrino in hand. This is the “CPS Senior Staff Retreat,” and at the front of the Gleacher Center meeting room ... Individual Determination (AVID) site team member, a student coordinator for Student Development and Service [more...]
Date: 2009-02-13 05:30:08
“Retreat to Move Forward” - Episode 309
Here’s where we start with this week’s synopsis of “Retreat to Move Forward”: an explanation of Six Sigma, please ... is delivering a keynote address at NBC’s Six Sigma corporate retreat and he is apprehensive about how ... himself as a motor vehicle.As Tracy mulls over his options, Jack and Liz have arrived at the retreat [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 01:18:50
How to Engage Employees--For Free
Employers can build employee morale in countless ways. The most effective, though, are often overlooked because they're not as glossy as others ... employees with "team-building" activities--at least not the traditional team-building ... at the annual retreat simply is not sufficient to build any kind of team? And why not? If it's not obvious [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 03:15:38
Gates of Shadow: Shadowrun Campaign Log
Here we have a campaign log for the first five or so sessions of the latest ShadowRun campaign, from the point of view of one of the players ... the corporate compound and occurring around the city. Makio eventually acceded to putting out a call, though ... about it. The team promptly settled on an external lead about vanishing gangs, and explored around [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 03:35:23
My Jungle Heart Beating Loves Her Sensual Moon Shadows
The cool breeze was refreshing. It wasn’t freezing. Unraveling came the instant I wrote ... dressed in vivid orange were on the rooftop of a large building, checking things out, walking around ... in at 10:00. It was an indoor lunch with the kids. They were unruly and obstinate with me, likely [more...]
Date: 2009-02-19 04:18:27
DrumBeat: January 22, 2009
The Peak Oil Crisis: What of 2009? Our wish has been granted for we are indeed living in interesting times. The world's economy is either collapsing or is putting on a very good imitation of doing so. Production of cheap, abundant fossil fuels is peaking and will soon be withering away, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 13:47:43
What is Comprehensive Philanthropic Counsel?
Renata Rafferty on her Comprehensive Philanthropic Counsel:SERVICES RAFFERTY CONSULTING GROUP assists individuals, families, ... & Benefits Analysis Team-Building Executive Mentoring & Coaching FOUNDATION ASSESSMENT ... & Retreat Facilitation Family & Inter-Generational Issues Establishing A Values-Driven [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 00:33:41
Church As A Safe Place
This book covers all the heavy topics that lead people to feel that church is unsafe. Any type of abuse within the church and/or it’s leadership is examined. Written both to encourage those who have been through an abusive situation at church and to leaders to protect church-goers and ensure that your church is a safe place! [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 05:48:16
Good morning, world. This is your wake-up call
Physicist-turned-futurist Peter Russell argues that only communal creativity can get us through current environmental and economic crises. Peter Russell, perched on his houseboat in Sausalito, Salifornia, believes our best hope for the future is higher consciousness [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 00:36:07
Planning Victory in Afghanistan
February 09, 2009, 4:00 a.m.Planning Victory in AfghanistanNine principles the Obama administration should follow.By Frederick W. KaganPresident Obama has said many times that America must succeed in Afghanistan. He is right, and he deserves our full support in that effort.Afghanistan is in many respects harder to understand than Iraq was [more...]
Date: 2009-02-24 03:32:40
NORTH CAROLINA FOCUS: Blogs, Alternative Energy, Veterans for Peace, Groups and Events
NORTH CAROLINA BLOGGING: LeftyBlogs North Carolina is the place to find out what's happening in the progressive blogosphere across North Carolina ... projects within its umbrella and is professionally staffed by a team of lawyers, community educators ... to homeowners are "mere puffery"Coal: A "Fossil" Fuel for a ReasonStudy: Corporate tax reform won't [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 07:30:00
NORTH CAROLINA FOCUS: Blogs, Alternative Energy, Veterans for Peace, Groups and Events
NORTH CAROLINA BLOGGING: LeftyBlogs North Carolina is the place to find out what's happening in the progressive blogosphere across North Carolina ... several well-known projects within its umbrella and is professionally staffed by a team of lawyers ... brew in TennesseeCoal: A "Fossil" Fuel for a ReasonStudy: Corporate tax reform won't cost North [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 07:08:00
News & Notes 2/25/09
Greetings to you, my Friends,I begin this week’s issue of “News & Notes” with the same announcement as last week’s — that a Special Church Conference ... is the registration form for our Women’s Retreat, which will take place March 20-22. It should be a great event [more...]
Date: 2009-02-25 15:52:58
[Book Marketing Expert] Getting Into Bookstores
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE BOOK MARKETING EXPERT NEWSLETTER! ... Reader, We’d like to introduce you to a new member of our team: Earnest Gildon. Based in San Diego ... of sealed the deal. Our COO Paula Krapf is a bit worried that with two new male additions to the AME team [more...]
Date: 2008-11-09 20:33:01
OCTO Mountain Getaway Cost Taxpayers $23K
Reprinted from this week’s Loose Lips column Two weeks ago, ... an $85 billion bailout. And LL doesn’t begrudge an organization—even a government agency—“team-building ... One Judiciary Square—you know, the building where most of OCTO’s staff is housed? Nearly 50 bureaucrats [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 18:13:52
DrumBeat: March 3, 2009
ANALYSIS - Fears grow for US natural gas in Obama tax squeeze SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil and gas executives and experts fear that President Barack Obama’s push for renewables could shrink U.S. output and drive drillers away from vast reserves of relatively clean-burning natural gas [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 16:56:37
DrumBeat: January 30, 2009
Mexico’s Peso Stuns UBS With Biggest Drop Since 1995 (Bloomberg) -- The steepest decline in Mexico’s peso in 13 years blindsided everyone from UBS AG economists to Gustavo Huitron, the local marketing manager for Mercedes-Benz. After weakening 20 percent last year, the currency fell to a record low of 14.4484 per dollar today [more...]
Date: 2009-01-30 13:53:04
Church as a Safe Place by Peter Holmes and Susan Williams
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 08:24:00
Search Engine Optimization Your visual blueprintfor effective Internet marketing Visual Blueprint
Search Engine Optimization Your visual blueprintfor effective Internet marketing Visual Blueprint “This book is an excellent learning tool ... team tirelessly implement innovative search engine optimization, pay-per-click, affiliate marketing, and social media optimization solutions for a broad base of corporate customers. Kristopher Jones [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 18:27:56
Search Engine Optimization Your visual blueprintfor effective Internet marketing Visual Blueprint
Search Engine Optimization Your visual blueprintfor effective Internet marketing Visual Blueprint “This book is an excellent learning tool ... team tirelessly implement innovative search engine optimization, pay-per-click, affiliate marketing, and social media optimization solutions for a broad base of corporate customers. Kristopher Jones [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 10:50:41
Themes and Corporate Entertainment For Corporate Events
Posted by adminMany large companies are using live music to spice up an event ... activities like a carnival or a beach trip. By using such entertainment, it is also easy to disguise team ... up your company teambuilding event is by incorporating and event theme to Here are just a few great ideas [more...]
Date: 2009-02-14 07:19:57
Church as a Safe Place by Peter Holmes and Susan Williams
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter!You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 20:00:00
Church as a Safe Place
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter! You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 01:56:08
Successful Freelancer Spotlight: Rachel Weingarten
Good Monday morning readers! Today, I’m shining the spotlight on Rachel C ... Marketing Group). Rachel also is the author of Career and Corporate Cool™, Hello Gorgeous! Beauty ... turns through the corporate world and then have done everything from working in diamonds to being [more...]
Date: 2009-01-26 12:30:21
Church as a Safe Place
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST chapter!You never know when I might play a wild card on you! [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 22:12:00
DrumBeat: March 3, 2009
ANALYSIS - Fears grow for US natural gas in Obama tax squeeze SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil and gas executives and experts fear that President Barack Obama's push for renewables could shrink U.S. output and drive drillers away from vast reserves of relatively clean-burning natural gas [more...]
Date: 2009-02-28 04:35:51
FIRST Wild Card Tour: Church as a Safe Place by Peter Holmes and Susan Williams
It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book’s FIRST chapter! I’m really looking forward to reading this book! [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 20:00:40
