1. Tell the truth (Content)
2. Do some good (Move people forward)
3. Entertain (Lighten the load people carry or enhance emotion and inspire positive action)

I think all three are necessary. Content without positive movement is not a good meeting. That is, by definition, a bad meeting. I have attended some of those.

Gary Sweeten

What a brilliant point!

I’d never thought about emoticons as our effort to share those “hard to describe” in words emotions.

An acquaintance sent Seth this blog series, and the response was that today’s effort was a “punchline”…although, it felt more like a retraction to me. He is a brilliant, insightful genius…however, even they can miss the mark sometimes. I am a fan of his — so, I’m not trying to “flame” or be a “hater.” I just think — in this single, specific issue — he missed the mark.

And, because so many of us…from meeting professionals, to speakers, to Chamber execs, to hotel managers…have so much at stake here, it’s irresponsible not to defend what we do.

Thanks for reading…and participating. I’m grateful that you expanded the conversation here.

Scott

Funny how one of the first things people did with Twitter was to start meeting in person. Because you can’t hardly convey emotion in a tweet, can you?

When texting got big, people starting creating emoticons. Again, to share emotions that are hard to describe.

If we as human beings use emotions to feel connected and feeling connected is a vital human need, then we are always going to want to meet in person. Big events will be big attractions to satisfying this need.

I won’t presume to say that Seth is wrong, I’m just not quite following where he’s going with this