Whether you agree or disagree with Republicans or Democrats (and politics is a subject I try to avoid) you have to agree “the times they are a changing.” Not the same way Bob Dylan saw it, but changing none the less.

And the meetings industry is changing too.

We’ve ran scared from the AIG firestorm, hunkered down to avoid the negatively publicity of conducting a meeting, and fought back against politicians criticism of meetings.

So as I was running through my list of crazy ideas (and wondering which might actually work) I kept thinking about hiring some of the most vocal politicians and some of the brightest minds in public office to speak at our customers meetings. And instead of paying them customary speaker fees, I’d make a donation to a charitable organization or scholarship fund in their name. I wonder if they’d accept?

And if they would speak at our meetings, share their vision for the next four years, educate us on their areas of expertise, and suggest how the changes they’re implementing might affect our business would anyone in the press or government criticize us for having a meeting?

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