In a recent episode of 30 Rock, Jack Donaghy has dreams of making the cover of Meeting Magazine.
Jack [to Liz Lemon]: In addition, I have a huge presentation coming up — Meeting Magazine is already calling it the first great meeting of the decade.
[Later in the episode]
Jack: Lemon, I am supposed to represent NBC in a negotiation that Rex Belcher, of the American Journal of Meetings, rated ‘Four Chairs.’ Four!
Liz: I’m sorry, is there another magazine about meetings?
Guess what? There actually are multiple publications devoted to meetings. For example, Convene and Meetings & Conventions Magazine. Can’t find anything on The American Journal of Meetings though.
Matt Linderman wrote this on Apr 28 2011 There are 6 comments.
jameson 28 Apr 11
I you hold a ineffective meeting you should be billed for the time of all the participants. Waste 1 hour for 10 people at $35 per hour=many fewer useless meeting.
rash 29 Apr 11
ok, that means it’s a coincidence.
Eric 29 Apr 11
To be fair, these magazines are conference/convention industry publications, not magazines dedicated to Donaghy-style “power boardroom” meetings.
Eric H 29 Apr 11
Anonymous 30 Apr 11
@jameson: You mean you don’t already bill clients for meetings?
You should start. They’ll stop wasting your time fast when they’re paying for it.
Sherwood 30 Apr 11
Actual quote from Convene: “Each online issue is an exact digital copy of the print edition, with exciting added features that allow you to click on underlined areas to send an email or visit a website.”
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