(Blows into microphone)
Testing…testing. Is this on? Can you hear me? Sibilance, sibilance…
OK, good. We’re back.
Yes indeed, after taking our usual post-Spring Palooza break (if only to prove to our families that their argument of “You love CMEpalooza more than you love us!!” isn’t true. Well, not entirely true), we figured it was time to rev up the old blog once again to let everyone in on what has been going on in the last few months.
First, Derek and I had our usual multi-day planning retreat at a secret island known only to locals and their second cousins where we poured over spreadsheets, survey data, demographic information, and prime numbers greater than 11 to come up with ideas for our Fall meeting. The only photo we were allowed to take is below — it comes from one of our working lunches. I’m not sure what happened to Derek’s salad – it looks like something Picasso would draw. I am fairly sure he kept eating after snapping this surreptitious photo (the island we were on prizes their secrecy and wants no one to know its existence outside of very special guests like us).
Fortunately, we were able to put down our forks long enough to come up with our usual cadre of ideas that, we promise you, will never ever be found on the agendas of other industry events. Sometime in the next few weeks, we’ll announce the availability of the first draft of our Fall agenda. There will be clowns, balloons, and maybe even a dunk tank at the site of the announcement. We’re working on it.
Second, did I mention that CMEpalooza Fall is taking place on Wednesday, Oct. 22? I don’t think I did. Well, it is. So mark your calendars please for a Professional Development day from 9 am-5 pm ET on Wednesday, Oct. 22. We promise it’ll be worth it.
Third, there is plenty to write about that has been happening in the CME circles in recent weeks, which we’ll get to eventually, but we’re also hoping to get a few nudges from our audience. That means that our Ask Us Anything hotline is officially back up and running again. This is where you get the chance to anonymously share your professional and/or personal issues (Derek is dying to offer his summer wardrobe tips) and we’ll provide our authoritative advice. But we can’t offer input if you don’t ask for any, so please, click here to Ask Us Anything.
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