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The Weekly Might Have Missed List (07/05/09)

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

MadTV — Drunk Powerpoint Presentation (Somewhat NSFW)

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Wired Presentations — Sometimes a Mistake Pays Off
All is well until a guy in the first row said, “my notes didn’t match what you were discussing.” Someone from the back chimed it, “Mine don’t match either.” Yep, Jeff had been bitten by Murphy’s [...]

The Weekly Might Have Missed List (06/28/09)

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Theater Loop — ‘Mary Poppins’ breaks down in Chicago; Nanny stuck in no-fly zone
A computer central to the new touring production of Disney’s “Mary Poppins” malfunctioned about 15 minutes into Saturday night’s Chicago performance at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, causing the entire show to be shut down and the frustrated audience sent home.
[A couple of [...]

The Weekly Might Have Missed List (06/21/09)

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

FAILBlog: Theater Fail

Theme Park Rangers: Celebrate a Dream Come True nearly washed away
I have never seen a parade disintegrate before my eyes, but that’s what happened in Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Thursday when I watched the Celebrate a Dream Come True parade nearly wash away. … The princess float got stuck halfway down Main [...]

The Weekly Might Have Missed List (06/14/09)

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Strelitzia — Wardrobe Malfunction

In back? There were buttons in the back? I craned my neck to see and then turned to look back into the hall mirror. Oh my. Apparently there were buttons in the back, from the waist to the hem. The dry cleaner had unbuttoned every single one of them to facilitate ironing. [...]

The Weekly Might Have Missed List (06/07/09)

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager… — I STILL Want To Get Married Outside
Wait until she gets the bill from the DJ that she forced to setup his equipment in the damp wedding garden. His extension cords sat on the rainy grass and kept blowing the circuit breaker and finally burnt out one [...]

The Weekly Might Have Missed List (05/31/09)

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Meet Prepared — Contingency 101: Retail Event’s Not So Grand Opening
Everything went well, he told me, except that they forgot to plan for a sudden rainstorm. Sure enough, it rained. When I asked what they did, he replied: “Panic ensued.” Although we as professionals will typically work out an inside venue back-up location should an [...]

The Weekly Might Have Missed List (05/24/09)

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

So You Want To Be a Banquet Manager…  — Air Walls and The Cranky Customer
The other day we had two different groups on either side of the ballroom airwall – one was a small group of around 35 people with a presentation and the other side was a group of 110 pharmaceutical sales reps. You [...]

The Weekly Might Have Missed List (02/22/09)

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009

Meet n’ Chuckle — How’s that for an ending
Then the voice continued to get louder and it became quite clear that the speaker from the session next door was bleeding over into our sound system. So we started to listen to his presentation amidst the bewildered stares and chuckles around the room.
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The Weekly Might Have Missed List (02/15/09)

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

The Risk Family — Presentation Disaster
However, almost immediately after I arrived for the meeting, my presentation began to fall apart and in the end, my presentation turned out to be a disaster. This is the story of how it all came down – literally.
Startable — Quick VC pitch tip #6
Recently an entrepreneur was meeting with [...]

The Weekly Might Have Missed List (02/08/09)

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

Craig Strachan — You will never fit everything in
I have seen many presentations where the speaker says “I have three points to share”, and then about five minutes before the end, he says, “Ok, and now my second point…”. This inevitably ends up in his presentation going overtime, or on him rushing through the last [...]

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