Conference Adventurer Pillows

'He gets like that at these out of town conventions.'

"It's clear to me that you want to go far with this company."

Inclusive speech

'I didn't do my homework because I forgot my user name and password.'

"Nervous about this morning's presentation?"

'Now Featuring Gas-Fired Microwave Campfires!'

The number one injury in today's workplace: severe bends caused by repeated exposure to deep-dive presentations.

Five doors: Push, Pull, Up High, Down Low, Too Slow.

You are here.

"Everything you say (or don't say) matters. Choose your words and intentions carefully."

'He's been brought in to save the company.'

"I love these off-site business meetings."

'This is my kind of place. You knock bottles off a table with a baseball and get a prize instead of time-out!'

"I don't think the guy with the business-card cannon has ever been to an actual networking event,"

'Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking...'

STRIP Hambone: Workers help is a hindrance

"We serve danishes because that's just how I roll!"

Creative Baby.

"We're all in the same boat, except it's more like a life raft than an actual boat."

Free Range Employees.

Responsibility and duties

"I've just about had it with these corporate retreats!"

Wearing a sales chart as a name badge.

Whack, Out of Whack.

"If the meeting goes on for longer than scheuled...I'm prepared!"

'Time management seminar. Start: five-ish.'

Office Park

"To think—this meeting, which turned into the perfect day, filled with spontaneous adventures that will become priceless memories, could have been an e-mail."

'Okay guys - lights out!'

"Hey! I can see the Empire State Building!"

'You think he overheard my last lecture on tax code revision?'

Why do I have to go to camp? What's the alternative? Fend for myself like the resourceful youth of old! Right! The kind who worked dawn to dusk! I'll tell your dad you'll be right over to haul mulch for the nursery. The baseball camp sounds plenty rugged!

Unintelligible speaker at Subway Announcers Dinner.

'Let me present today's speaker.'

John couldn't help but think that his team had a different perspective on the event than he did...