On today's Hall of Leaders edition of the podcast we talk with Colleen Rickenbacher of Colleen Rickenbacher, Inc and The Global Protocol, Etiquette & Civility Academy.  

Colleen is being honored at the CIC Hall of Leaders Celebration coming up in October in Las Vegas.  We talk about her history and background; including her transition from event planner to become an author, speaker and industry expert on etiquette and protocol.  

She's the author of four books: 
Be On Your Best Business Behavior
Be On Your Best Cultural Behavior
The Big Book of People Skills Games (International)
Be On Your Best Teenage Book

And, she devotes a significant amount of her time working with prison and juvenile programs in the Dallas area to help both of those groups better transition into the workforce.  She's also a mentor to numerous students and others in the meetings and events industry.
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You can join Colleen and her fellow 2016 honorees on October 18th at the Jewel Nightclub at Aria in Las Vegas for the Hall of Leaders Celebration.

On today's Hall of Leaders edition of the podcast we talk with John "Jack" Patronski of Global Experience Specialists (GES).  Jack is being honored at the CIC Hall of Leaders Celebration coming up in October in Las Vegas.

We discussed his history and background that brought him to the industry, how he moved from law enforcement into facilities management and then to Andrew Bartlett and later GES for the past 23 years.

Jack is a PCMA Education Foundation Trustee and has been very active in PCMA, the Convention Industry Council and numerous other vital industry groups and initiatives in the Chicago and nationally over the past twenty years.  We look back at the history of the industry as well as forward to the future as he's honored for his years of work advancing the meetings and events industry.

You can join Jack and all the other honorees on October 18th at the Jewel Nightclub at Aria in Las Vegas for the 2016 Hall of Leaders Celebration.

On today's Hall of Leaders edition of the podcast we get to chat with Richard Aaron, MFA, CESP Emeritus of Biz Bash.  Richard is being honored at the CIC Hall of Leaders Celebration that's coming up in October in Las Vegas.

We discussed Richard's history and background that brought him to the industry, how his broadway and entertainment career eventually led him to producing corporate events for a "who's who" of major companies in the 1980's and 1990's.  Then, his move into the burgeoning internet by joining BizBash as they were being launched.  

Richard is a passionate teacher and we spent some time talking about his classes and his goals in training the next generation of industry professionals.  We also look at some of the interesting new trends in the industry related to things like festivals and how they can influence corporate meetings.

​You can join Richard and all the honorees on October 18th at the Jewel Nightclub at Aria in Las Vegas for the 2016 Hall of Leaders Celebration.

For this episode of the podcast we were able to connect with Patrick Delaney of Sool Nua in Dublin, Ireland about his induction this year into the Convention Industry Council Hall of Leaders this coming October in Las Vegas.

We were able to spend some time chatting about his background and history in the meetings industry; and then what inspires him about our industry looking forward to the future.  And how the work we do in helping people come together to change the world can be so inspiring to each of us within the meetings industry.

If you'd like to see Patrick inducted to the Hall of Leaders you can join him at the Hall of Leaders Celebration in Las Vegas on October 18, 2016 in the Jewel Nightclub at the Aria.

​This is the second half of a two part interview on the podcast where we talk with Joan Eisenstodt, a 2004inductee to the Convention Industry Council Hall of Leaders. 

We talk at length about the industry, the history of organizations like the CIC, mentorship, education and ways that past honorees can maybe be better involved in helping the next generation of people in our industry.

Joan Eisenstodt is one of the most prominent voices in themeetings industry for education, life long learning and innovation. In addition to her consulting she teaches classes on ethics, risk management, contracts, negotiations and overall meeting management.  She also personally has mentored numerous younger professionals as they entered the meeting and events industry. 

She’s very active in social media and her blog can be foundon her website here: http://eisenstodt.com/blog/ 

Or found on Meetings Today: http://www.meetingstoday.com/Blog/TabId/330/author/joan-eisenstodt/aid/260/Default.aspx

She can be followed on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/joaneisenstodt
Part One of this interview can be found posted yesterday.

In this first of a two part interview on the podcast where talk with Joan Eisenstodt, a 2004 inductee to the Convention Industry Council Hall of Leaders.  

​We talk at length about the industry, the history oforganizations like the CIC, mentorship, education and ways that past honorees can maybe be better involved in helping the next generation of people in our industry.

Joan Eisenstodt is one of the most prominent voices in themeetings industry for education, life long learning and innovation. In additionto her consulting she teaches classes on ethics, risk management, contracts, negotiations and overall meeting management.  She also personally has mentored numerous younger professionals as they entered themeeting and events industry.  

She’s very active in social media and her blog can be foundon her website here: http://eisenstodt.com/blog/

 Or found on Meetings Today: http://www.meetingstoday.com/Blog/TabId/330/author/joan-eisenstodt/aid/260/Default.aspx

She can be followed on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/joaneisenstodt
Part two of the interview will be posted here tomorrow.

Podcast Show Number 3 with Carol Krugman is now available here, and on our podcast hosting site.  You can find a link on the menu above under the Blog tab to our podcast page.  

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The first episode of the brand new Strategic Meeting Tech Podcast will be available on our linked podcast site tomorrow.  After that you can expect to see a new podcast each week where we will discuss trending topics, technology and other stories that affect all of us in the meetings and events industry.

Hosted by Jon Trask, CMP, CMM; a radio journalist and a former co-host of the ground-breaking "Meetings Podcast" for nearly 10 years.  The Strategic Meetings Tech Podcast aims to become a go-to source for news inside the meetings industry.  We have a slate of solid guests already lined up, as well as some very interesting previews of the CMP Conclave, The CIC Hall of Leaders, an update from MPI, and looks ahead to IMEX America and LDI all coming up over the next few months.

Please drop us a note or comment with any areas that you'd like to have covered.  This is intended as a conversation and not a monologue, so tell us what you want hear about and we'll do our best to cover it.