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So, most of the rest of yesterday was spent walking the trade show floor visiting various vendors and running into people from the industry who I only get to see at conferences. more

So, how long do we have to wait for a fitness revolution? According to Malcolm Gladwell, author of “Blink” and “Tipping Point,” not long. Any revolution can happen almost overnight.

Gladwell was the keynote speaker yesterday at the IHRSA conference (sporting a tamed-down hairdo that made him look less like a mad scientist). He spoke about how people always think change takes time, but true revolutions often happen quickly. For example, when radios first came out, few people bought them. They saw no need for them as they were marketed as a way to hear the news—and at that time in the United States, most cities had five or more newspapers, so people were inundated with news. more

Yesterday morning’s all-conference gathering began with a few awards and a not-so-award-worthy performance. (Although it was fun to see the IHRSA board loosen up.) more