How do you make working a pleasure? It starts with people skills, says Laurel Szeto, President of Laurel and Party, a full service event-planning business. Here, Szeto talks about rapidly expanding and contracting her workforce, the importance of listening and how to create teamwork amidst rapidly changing conditions.
MEMORIES of the Clinton health-care disaster should figure prominently in Democratic strategic planning. It was a debacle unlike any other in recent history, one the party will want to avoid repeating at all costs. In a few short months in 1994, the public went from strong support for the concept...
On the day it was revealed that Nick Faldo plans to use DJ Spoony and the drummer from Iron Maiden to inspire his team at Kentucky next month, two young Englishmen declared their eagerness to be a part of the party. For Justin Rose and Oliver Wilson these next four...
Dental Specialists, Cone Beam Experts, and Third Party Software Companies Gathered to Attend 2nd Annual Educational Event to Learn about the Latest Advancements in 3-D Dental Technology, Treatment Planning, and Patient Care HATFIELD, Pa. -- The 2nd International Congress on 3-D Dental Imaging held July 25-27 in Lake...
HONG KONG -- Amax Entertainment Holdings Limited (HKSE: 0959) ("Amax" or "the Company") announced today that it has entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement (the "Disposal") pursuant to which the Company has agreed to sell to an independent third party (the "Purchaser") 100% of its equity interest in Profit...
DENVER, Colorado AFP — The Democratic Party is using beer-based biofuel and a recycling brigade guarding trash cans to help ease the environmental impact of its convention in Denver this week. The aim is to have the most environmentally-sustainable convention in modern US history. And the goals are...
"The Electric" to Embark on Historic Transcontinental Drive after Convention DENVER -- The founders of Luxury Electric, one of America's first electric car companies, today announced at the 2008 Democratic National Convention plans to take their prototype car, "The Electric," on a record-setting transcontinental trip, the first for...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- ValueRich, Inc. (AMEX:IVA), and Starlight Investments, LLC have terminated their Stock Purchase Agreement effective immediately. The parties, however, plan to explore other strategic business alliances in the future. On August 21, 2008, ValueRich entered into a Marketing and Technology Agreement with Syndicated Capital,...
DENVER -- This is not the convention the Clintons had planned. New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is playing a supporting role, not the starring one. Former president Bill Clinton won't even be speaking in prime time. Even so, Clinton-watching has become the mesmerizing sideshow of...
Educational Testing Service ETS andExecutive English Publishing Corp. have launched "Business English Now," anaudio program designed for intermediate to advanced learners of businessEnglish. Volume I of "Business English Now" includes 2.5 hours of audiomaterials that help learners improve their listening, vocabulary andidiomatic expression through dialogues and exercises related to commonbusiness...
DENVER - If everything goes as planned, the setting sun will paint the Rocky Mountains purple for the network television cameras just as Sen. Barack Obama's nomination-night pageant gets under way Thursday at Invesco Field at Mile High. It's an appropriate color, since Democratic strategists plan to win back the...
DENVER, Colorado AFP — The Democratic Convention was abuzz with speculation here Sunday that cancer-stricken liberal icon Senator Edward Kennedy may make an emotional appearance at the party extravaganza. Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer, is to receive an opening day tribute that will see him address delegates...
DENVER AFP — A tight security net enveloped Denver as the city braced Sunday for the arrival of tens of thousands of supporters and protestors for the Democratic Party's political extravaganza. Some 45,000 people are expected in the city, nestled on the edge of the Rocky Mountains, with...
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Barack Obama's pledge to supporters that they would be the "first to know" his running mate turned out to be a savvy but unworkable communications strategy. The Democratic presidential candidate got scooped by the media on his own announcement, done in by dogged reporting,...
Disneyland has announced it will throw Miley Cyrus a Sweet 16 party Oct. 5. The party will accommodate 5,000 fans at a cost of $250 each. Cyrus's actual birthday is Nov. 23...
As the home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, Charleston was the scene of countless misadventures between members of the Bloomsbury set. The Sussex farm was the ideal venue to paint, write and conduct all those confusing affairs. Now the bohemian haven is embroiled in a fresh controversy following the...
The Krishna Temple, 8628 S. Main St., Spanish Fork, has planned a transcendental birthday party tonight at 8 to celebrate the Appearance Day of Shree Krishna. There will be Indian dance, drama, musical concerts, hot meals, exhibits and gifts available to all. This holiday for Hindus compares...
Even though the game appeared to be shaping up as the Adam Timo show, the East High Leopards had other plans in mind. "Nobody comes into the 'Red House' and beats us," said wide receiver John Webb after the Leopards pulled together a dramatic late-game rally to...
Playaz Carnival Special Sun The always-rammed drum'n'bass room at Fabric is probably the closest clubland comes to emulating the "familiar" feel of Carnival. This time, DJ Hype right, Fabio and Ed Rush, among many others, will take over the whole club. Fabric, London EC1 ...
It's not the party his family had planned. Balloons aren't allowed in the hospital's intensive care unit, and only a small group of friends and family will be at his side because the risk of infection to an "open wound the size of a dinner plate" is...
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