Conference Goers Gifts

Teddy Talk

'It's not that kind of symposium.'

"Coming to the conference on third world debt" "If you can lend me the bus fare"

"So the plan is to fly everyone for free. But we'll charge $400.00 per bag."

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

'I've learned a lot about myself at these meetings...like, I can fall asleep with my eyes open!'

The interested bystanders.

'Complete sentences?? Jeez, how verbose can you get?'

"'Meetingpalooza' sounded better in the brochure."

"And finally, I'd like to take any questions from the floor."

'Well ladies and gentlemen, I'm sure my little talk has made you all think'

I've been looking forward to this the whole year: It can get lonely out there...

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

Conference Pears

World Food Summit - No food and drink allowed in the auditorium.

'Is that a suspicious package in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?'

'And in conclusion.'

"This year the endowed chair will go to whomever pulls the sword from the stone."

Is that one of those wafer thin computers?

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

Communication Breakdowns

Chaos Theory Conference.

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

'He has a very open mind. Everything goes in one ear and out the other.'

'The cannon will go off every 20 minutes just to make sure you're paying attention,'

'Pick a business card.'

"What's Tim doing on the window ledge?"

"Dr Andrea Patterson; animal behaviour."

"I'm feeling a lot of love in the room - with the exception of that guy over there."

"Remember this? One sweetheart of a deal!"

"Psychiatric convention"

Star Wars convention...

Giant screen displays conference delegates and not the speaker.

AI Summit

'I need to appear bold and decisive. Won't someone PLEASE ask me a yes or no question?'