Meetings "can be vehicles for innovation, motivation and decision-making," writes Jon Petz.
"They can spark revolutions. They can save the world! All you have to do is not let them suck." Editor Joel Schettler interviews the author about his book, Boring Meetings Suck: Get More Out of Your Meetings or Get Out of More Meetings, which offers readers tips on how not to let good meetings go bad.
Check out our spring issue for a book excerpt.
Minnesota and the Twin Cities have always been a hot bed for arts activities. We have award-winning theater, dance and music companies, we have a high number of writers, we're looked upon favorably for our creative agencies -- we invest, work and participate in the arts to almost an extreme. That's why it's no surprise that the new data from the National Endowment for the Arts highlights Minnesota in a few categories. Here are a few of the findings:
+ The more than 2 million artists in the U.S. make up nearly 7 percent of the professional workforce. In the last decade, the artist workforce increased by 5 percent.
+ Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington, Nevada, Minnesota, and New Jersey each surpass the U.S. level of artists in the workforce.
+ Minnesota, New York, Massachusetts, and New Jersey have the top four highest employment concentrations in book publishing. We're No. 1 on that list.
+ The Minneapolis metro area relies much more heavily on book publishing than other metro areas. The concentration of employment in Minneapolis’ book-publishing industry is nearly 8 times the national average.
+ Employment concentration in the theater industry is twice the U.S. average in the Seattle, Minneapolis/St. Paul/Bloomington, and San Diego areas.
-- Amanda Fretheim Gates
Managing Editor
Minnesota Monthly's Food & Wine Experience has gotten a makeover. The popular event, which has been held at the Minneapolis Convention Center for many years, is now at a new location and features more than 350 wines and 75 specialty beers. In addition to wine, beer and delicious food, the Experience includes events galore! Wine lunches and dinners, book signings, cake competitions and more. It's sure to be a delicious weekend.
Food & Wine Experience: March 5 & 6, 1-5 p.m.
Book signings include: Robin Asbell, Shelly N.C. Holl, James Norton, Stewart Woodman, Janice Cole, Ana Micka & The Culinary Mistress.
Top 5 Reasons to Attend
5. The new location! Inside the Metropolitan & Legends Clubs at Target Field.
4. Make a weekend of it. Stay at the W Hotel and get a discounted Food & Wine rate.
3. Czar of Cakes Challenge! Vote on your favorite food-and-wine-inspired cakes.
2. It's more than just food and wine - Taste some 75 specialty beers.
1. This event only happens once a year, and this year promises to be great, so don't miss out!
**UPDATE: If you attended the Food & Wine Show this year, we want to know what you thought! Leave feedback and suggestions in the comments.
--Amanda Fretheim Gates
Managing Editor
We're booklovers at Meetings: Minnesota's Hospitality Journal, so it's no surprise that we've created a podcast interviewing three authors about their latest business books. Take a listen to hear what editor Joel Schetter learned.
Available on our Multimedia page or on iTunes.
--Ellie M. Bayrd
Associate Editor
Over the years, we here at Meetings have gotten to know Geri Wolf. She's been featured a couple times in our magazine, because not only is she thoroughly involved in our local event industry, she's smart and full of fabulous ideas at which she sees through and succeeds.
When Geri learned of her current health battle, she decided to complete another dream on her life list: To create a cookbook. But not just any cookbook. One that features several of our talented local chefs and their favorite recipes. In just two months time, Geri interviewed the chefs, like Lenny Russo, Asher Miller and Sameh Wadi, wrote thoughtful intros to each of their sections, coordinated the stunning (seriously, stunning) photography by Chris Bohnhoff, and then produced the final product, The Culinary Mistress.
The book is full of great stories about our local chefs and delicious recipes that even a novice can whip up in her own kitchen. The foreword is by Andrew Zimmern. The book is smattered with "amuse bouche" fun facts - tidbits about these chefs we'd never expect to know (i.e. Vincent Francoual completed an Ironman competition last year.)
But even better, we have a copy to GIVEAWAY! A copy autographed by nine of the featured chefs! Answer the following question correctly in the comments - or tweet us @MeetingsMHJ - by 2 p.m. today and you'll be entered into a random drawing to win The Culinary Mistress.
Question: Where will you find Chef Hakan Lundberg gracing the kitchen?
CONTEST COMPLETE. Congrats to our Twitter follower @TheFamousA for her correct guess - Cosmos!
Congrats Geri! We couldn't be happier for you!
-- Amanda Fretheim Gates
Managing Editor
Looks like November is going out like a lion. Enjoy the snow this weekend!
+ Next weekend is the Midwest Home Show. Don't miss it!
+ This weekend is Galleria's annual Holiday Open House.
+ Don't miss Shefzilla Stewart Woodman at the Mill City Museum tomorrow, demonstrating a recipe in the Baking Lab and signing copies of his new book.
+ Up for bowling and bocce at a bistro? Pinstripes in Edina opens Sat. Nov. 20.
+ Now you can get your flu shot at the MSP Airport.
+ Don't forget Give to the Max day is this Tuesday, Nov. 16. Last year the initiative was very successful, raising more than $14 million!
+ Mall of America is welcoming or has recentely welcomed some new retailers/restaurants, including the much-publicized Cadillac Ranch and Microsoft store. I personally can't wait to see the new LEGO store. Also on the horizon: Two Harbors' famous shop Betty's Pies!
-- The Editors
In their book, Never By Chance: Aligning People and Strategy Through Intentional Leadership, Kris Young (of Minneapolis-based Martin Bastian), Joe Calloway and Chuck Feltz explore a number of topics.
We ran an excerpt of one chapter focusing on the hospitality industry titled "Events as Strategy" in the summer issue of Meetings: Minnesota's Hospitality Journal. To learn more about the book, read the excerpt or listen to our spring podcast, in which Editor Joel Schettler interviews the three authors, who are the founding partners of Engage Consulting Group, about their book and making meetings and events valuable.
"Almost every company has meetings and events for employees. Some companies also have events that bring customers or vendors together. We have seen the significant positive effects of properly designed and well-executed company meetings and witnessed ways in which companies have begun significant transformations from the catalyst of a great event. Unfortunately, we have also seen the incredible waste of time and money that results from events that lack purpose and focus"-- "Events as Strategy," Never By Chance
--Ellie M. Bayrd
Associate Editor
Q: As is tradition with our spring issue, we asked local
hospitality professionals to describe a book they recently read that provided
career inspiration.
Dave Siegel, president and CEO, Hospitability Minnesota: In 25 Ways to Win with People, John C. Maxwell says when the vision gets bigger than you, you have
only two choices: give up on the vision or get help. Good leaders make people
feel they are at the very heart of things, Maxwell explains. Among Maxwell's
other pithy pieces of advice: let people know you care; make memories happen
(don’t wait for them to happen to you); use compliments to affirm people; use
good story telling and write notes of encouragement. Much of this is common sense, of course. The book lays out the case in
an orderly manner and reminds us of techniques that we all learned at one time
or another but likely aren’t using. Maxwell goes on to highlight the value of
pointing out the strengths of others and helping others win.
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