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Zocalo LA Sucks Ass: Paul KrugmanDebacle
By encinoman
Sent email to Zocalo LA, &;the intellectual life of LA&;, to RSVP my attendence at Princeton Professor (now Nobel winner) Paul Krugman&;s lecture &;The Financial Meltdown and the Future of American Politics.&; Particularly wanted to see him as my son now goes to Princeton.
But after driving 15 miles to attend, the wife and I were among dozens, perhaps hundreds of hipsters turned away, as their system didn&;t return emails (&;We were full since Oct. 7; it was on the website,&; incorrectly claimed one harried organizer). Lots of people with confirmations were turned away as well.
As a long-time writer for Successful Meetings magazine and attendee of many lectures, concerts and conventions, this was one of the worst-organized events I have tried to attend.
If you want to hear Krugman you can listen here; you&;ll forgive me if I don&;t bother.
It was a good thing I missed the lecture; I might have violated Zocalo&;s &;code of civility.&;
Tags: Paul-Krugman, Princeton, Zocalo-LA
This entry was posted on October 27, 2008 at 6:05 pm and is filed under meeting-planning, Public Relations, public-relations-disaster.
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