Happy Thanksgiving!
We’ve been following your posts, tweets, and status updates about everything that you’re thankful for, and now we want to share thoughts on that from the TBEX staff.
4 Social Media Sins (and How You Can Find Absolution)
When you’re up to your eyeballs in social media all day, it’s tempting to think everyone is on the same page. Not only is that far from true, there are plenty of people who are using social media on a daily basis who – in my opinion – are doin’ in wrong. I’m a staunch supporter of the notion that there are many ways to utilize social media, but I do think there are some things you shouldn’t do no matter how you’re using it.
TBEX 13 Toronto: Call for Speakers
Today we are opening the call for speakers for TBEX 13 in Toronto.
See You in Dublin for TBEX Europe 2013
The emails have been flying, the phone a-ringing, and the buzz, well, a-buzzing. Now we can finally share it all with you – TBEX Europe 2013 will be in Dublin, Ireland.
Talking Social Engagement at PhoCus Wright
Hot on the heels of our news that TBEX CEO Rick Calvert will be speaking at WTM this year, we’re pleased to announced that TBEX Conference Director Mary Jo Manzanares will be speaking at the 2012 PhoCusWright Conference in Arizona.
How to Make a Living Helping Others Travel
If you could live in the country you love the most, work on a flexible schedule, and make a living talking about the place you adore, would that be appealing? As today’s guest post author Madeline Jhawar of Italy Beyond the Obvious tells us, if that sounds good to you then you might consider a future as a travel consultant.
Sorting the Bloggers from the Blaggers at WTM
The “EX” in TBEX covers many bases – an exchange of ideas, knowledge, and (when we get together at conferences) business cards. Increasingly that exchange is growing to include exchanges with destinations and travel industry representatives. And that latter exchange is something we want to keep improving upon.
With Honors: Graduating from My First TBEX
When today’s guest blogger, Atreyee Gupta of Bespoke Traveler, first offered the “TBEX is like school” analogy, we were intrigued. Was that a good thing? A bad thing? As it turns out, Atreyee found her first TBEX experience in Keystone to be a little of both – although the biggest lesson didn’t occur to her until after she’d returned home.
Memory Card Best Practices: 15 Things You Should Already Be Doing
Digital cameras have made photography so easy that we sometimes forget that things can still go pear-shaped if we’re not treating our equipment carefully. In today’s guest post from Kim Olson, we learn how to properly care for our memory cards so that we don’t have to face the pit-in-the-stomach feeling of losing all our photos.
